§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much money Britain spent from the know-how fund in 1991–92, 1992–93 and 1993–94; and if he will give a breakdown by country and list the projects on which this money was spent.
§ Mr. Baldry[holding answer 1 December 1994]: Know-how fund expenditure in 1991–92, 1992–93 and 1993–94 is detailed in the table. Regularly updated lists of individual projects are available in the Libraries of both Houses.
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United Kingdom gross public expenditure from the Know-How Fund—excluding emergency aid— 1991–92 to 1993–94—£thousands 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 FSU Central Asian Republics Kazakhstan 5 138 1,221 Kyrgyzstan — — 486 Tajikistan — — 3 Turkmenistan — — 4 Uzbekistan — 267 634 Europe: CEE-FSU Countries in transition Belarus — 26 185 Bulgaria 889 1,952 1,874 Former Czechoslovakia1 5,555 7,066 1,154
United Kingdom gross public expenditure from the Know-How Fund—excluding emergency aid 1991–92 to 1993–94—£ thousands 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 Czech Republic1 — 70 2,768 Estonia 8 360 481 Hungary 5,730 5,824 6,281 Latvia — 351 453 Lithuania 6 472 1,305 Moldova — — 65 Poland 9,944 10,584 11,878 Romania 839 3,090 3,741 Russian 6,601 11,654 19,787 Slovak Republic1 — 98 2,569 Ukraine 100 3,098 4,385 Europe: CEE-FSU Developing countries Albania — 46 419 Armenia — 1 54 Azerbaijan — 81 131 Georgia — 26 74 States of ex-Yugoslavia — 45 498 1 On January 1 1993 the former Czechoslovakia divided into the Czech and Slovak Republics. From then on assistance to these two countries is shown separately. Those joint programmes which began before this date are still recorded under former Czechoslovakia