§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what has been the amount of financial aid given to Sri Lanka in each of the last five years; what specific projects this aid was given for; and where in Sri Lanka these projects were to be developed.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe amount of aid given to Sri Lanka in each of the last five years is as follows:
This aid was provided for a wide range of projects including:
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Project Location Ruhuna—Stirling link Ruhuna Mahaweli hatchery Central uplands Bay of Bengal project Coastal Sri Lanka Land development and irrigation BGS radial wells project Country-wide Energy Wood burning stoves Country-wide Samanalawewa hydro project Samanalawewa Power IX Colombo Samanalawewa archaeological project Samanalawewa Construction Victoria dam Upper Mahaweli Roads Colombo roads Colombo Monaragala roads feasibility study Monaragala Roads development authority Colombo Air Transport Colombo airport security Colombo Transport Tractor rehabilitation Country-wide/Colombo Buses Country-wide/Colombo Assistance to state transport board Country-wide Public administration Sri Lanka institute for development administration Colombo Bradford project planning Colombo Water and sanitation Loughborough WEDC Country-wide Hill country water supply Central uplands Housing Galle housing project Galle Education Colombo English teacher training college Regional English support centres Country-wide Department of English education Colombo Staff college for education and rehabilitation Country-wide Leeds—Moratuwa textile link Moratuwa DPU workshop Country-wide Loughborough—Moratuwa construction Moratuwa Technical education project Colombo Batticaloa Sussex link Batticaloa Jaffna university equipment Jaffna Cultural triangle project North-central Sri Lanka Testing and evaluation project Colombo Health and welfare Anti-malaria campaign Country-wide/Colombo Cleft lip palate/project Country-wide Matara health education Matara Jaffna hospital equipment Jaffna Primary health care Country-wide Institutional and other Sarvodaya Country-wide except north and east Save the Children Fund (reconstruction and rehabilitation) North and east Oxfam (reconstruction and rehabilitation) North and east Makandura village project Makandura Colombo municipal council workshops Colombo Colombo municipal council technical training Colombo Colombo municipal institutional development Colombo Note:The designation "country-wide" in the list above means that the project was with a national institution and not location-specific in character.