HC Deb 19 May 1992 vol 208 cc88-9W
Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much money was spent by the Overseas Development Administration on monitoring and evaluation of aid projects for each year from 1985 to date.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

Expenditure on ex-post project evaluation, which is the responsibility of the ODA's evaluation department, has been as follows:

£'000
1985 222
1986 399
1987 269
1988 608
1989 456
1990 426
1991 580

Expenditure on monitoring is the responsibility of the ODA's operational departments managing the projects concerned, and is not recorded separately in the ODA's expenditure records. Details of monitoring expenditure could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list(a) the amount of overseas aid in the form of grants and (b) the amount of overseas aid in the form of loans to be (i) directed towards Africa and (ii) directed towards eastern Europe; what were the corresponding figures for each of the past three years; and by how much these figures are to be increased over the next financial year.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

[holding answer 15 May 1992]: The information is as follows:

£ thousand
of which
Bilateral aid to Africa Total aid expenditure Grants Loans
1988–89 328,949 326,738 2,211
1989–90 371,949 369,209 2,740
1990–91 418,374 417,248 1,126

£ thousand
of which
Bilateral aid to Africa Total aid expenditure Grants Loans
Bilateral assistance to central and eastern Europe
1988–89 — — —
1989–90 163,769 163,769 —
1990–91 16,784 16,784 —
1 Includes £61.7 million payment to Polish stabilisation fund.

Figures for bilateral aid to Africa in 1991–92 are not yet available on this basis. Estimated expenditure in central and eastern Europe, including the former Soviet Union, in 1991–92 is £52 million, which includes know-how and emergency relief supplies for Russia. This and the amounts for Africa exclude the substantial assistance we provide through the EC and other multilateral bodies.

The overall public expenditure provisions for 1992–93 for aid to developing countries and assistance to central and eastern Europe, including the former Soviet Union, are set out in the FCO/ODA "Departmental Report 1992", Cm 1902. Copies can be found in the Libraries of the House.