HC Deb 06 December 1993 vol 234 c73W
Mr. Chris Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much bilateral aid money has been spent in support of structural adjustment programmes in each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The information requested is set out in the table.

£ million
1983 43.1
1984 32.3
1985 45.8
1986 60.3
1987–88 101.3
1988–89 118.3
1989–90 155.9
1990–91 145.7
1991–92 114.7
1992–93 133.1

The figures given for the first four years are on a calendar year basis. Thereafter, the amounts are presented for financial years.

Total gross bilateral aid to British dependencies 1979—1992–931 2
£000
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93
Anguilla 1,060 991 1,296 1,059 1,426 1,026 1,086 1,589 1,536 1,550 1,784 1,728 820 2,225 2,080
Bermuda 15 28 12 33 17 17 30 68 59 32 16 17 2 12
British Virgin Islands 781 1,232 1,241 1,471 1,161 718 1,172 831 566 2,489 2,211 4,399 1,214 1,857 1,213
Cayman Islands 283 443 199 34 2 470 1,649 309 2,593 1,126 4,183 1,774 119
Falkland Islands3 915 1.015 1.058 4,025 9,053 6,016 10,700 10,252 8,165 6,735 3,389 2,487 1,430 1,286 58
Gibraltar 3,214 4,948 4,010 1,898 2,352 8,163 22,452 14,299 9,029 6,932 8,685 343 970 1,078 1,676
Hong Kong 185 376 245 199 203 125 312 195 217 249 216 217 312 404 359