§ Mr. Campbell-SavoursTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the total of the United Kingdom's funding for overseas programmes to combat the production and trade in narcotics in each of the last five years, with each programme shown separately.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe figures for Departments' overseas programmes to combat the production and trade in narcotics for the last five years are as follows:
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Latest inflation1 Budget balance2 General government debt3 Long-term bond yield4 Belgium 2.7 -6.9 132.2 7.2 Denmark 1.1 -2.4 74.0 7.2 France 2.0 -3.9 50.1 6.9
Foreign and Common wealth Office Overseas Development Administration Home Office £ £ £ 1988–89 664,572 n/a 1,985,000 1989–90 4,267,927 7,941,400 2,267,000 1990–91 4,453,930 3,733,585 3,352,000 1991–92 3,203,266 3,496,275 2,093,000 1992–93 2,802,303 3,627,631 4,428,000 n/a = not available. ODA figures relate to projects aimed both directly and indirectly at reducing drug production and trafficking in developing countries.
In addition, £94,000 from the seized asset fund was allocated to drugs-related assistance to overseas governments in 1992–93.