Aid (Hansard, 29 April 1993)

§ Mr. Battle
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proportion of British aid was spent on primary health care, nutrition, basic education, family planning, safe water and sanitation in 1990, 1991 and 1992; and how much in cash terms would526W need to have been spent in those years in order to increase the amount spent on those basic needs to 20 per cent. of official development assistance.

§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd
The information for 1990 and 1991 is in the table. Figures for 1992 are not yet available. More detailed information on spending within individual sectors is not readily available. Individual projects may be targeted at more than one sector and area. Equally, projects not covered in the sectors listed may have an impact on basic needs.

Sector 1990 £000 1991 £000

Education 103,098 114,141

Health and Population (including Nutrition and family planning) 39,066 45,319

Water and Sanitation 22,099 24,966

Total 164,263 184,426

As percentage of bilateral aid allocable by sector¹ 29 30

¹ Bilateral aid which is not allocable by sector includes programme aid, debt relief, humanitarian assistance, and loans to the Commonwealth Development Corporation.

§ Mr. Battle
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proportion of its official development assistance the United Kingdom spent in Sub-Saharan Africa in 1990; and what was the increase each year in percentage terms, giving the figures for(a) bilateral aid, (b) multilateral aid and (c) in total.

§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd
The information requested for 1990 and 1991 is set out in the tables. Figures for 1992 are not yet available.
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(i) Total Net oda (ii) Allocable Bilateral oda to Sub-Sahara Africa (i) as a percent of (i) (iii) Multilateral Aid to¹ Africa (iii) as a per cent. of (i) (ii) plus (iii) as a per cent. of (i)

£ million £ million Per cent. £ million Per cent. Per cent.

1990 1,503 301 20.0 366 24.4 44.4

1991 1,814 428 23.6 n/a — —

n/a = Not yet available.

¹ The figures given are estimated by ODA Statistics Department using data provided by the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD on the spending patterns of multilateral agencies, and United Kingdom contributions to multilateral organisations. They refer to all Africa; it is not possible to dis-aggregate Sub-Saharan Africa.

Allocable net bilateral oda to Sub-Saharan Africa increased by over 42 per cent. between 1990 and 1991. As a percentage of total net oda the figure for allocable bilateral oda to Sub-Saharan Africa for 1991 represented an incrase of some 18 per cent. over that for 1990.

Sector	1990 £000	1991 £000
Education	103,098	114,141
Health and Population (including Nutrition and family planning)	39,066	45,319
Water and Sanitation	22,099	24,966
Total	164,263	184,426
As percentage of bilateral aid allocable by sector¹	29	30
¹ Bilateral aid which is not allocable by sector includes programme aid, debt relief, humanitarian assistance, and loans to the Commonwealth Development Corporation.

	(i) Total Net oda	(ii) Allocable Bilateral oda to Sub-Sahara Africa	(i) as a percent of (i)	(iii) Multilateral Aid to¹ Africa	(iii) as a per cent. of (i)	(ii) plus (iii) as a per cent. of (i)
	£ million	£ million	Per cent.	£ million	Per cent.	Per cent.
1990	1,503	301	20.0	366	24.4	44.4
1991	1,814	428	23.6	n/a	—	—
n/a = Not yet available.
¹ The figures given are estimated by ODA Statistics Department using data provided by the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD on the spending patterns of multilateral agencies, and United Kingdom contributions to multilateral organisations. They refer to all Africa; it is not possible to dis-aggregate Sub-Saharan Africa.