§ Mr. Tom ClarkeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 7 February,Official Report, column 68, regarding the water projects funded by the Overseas Development Administration in Indonesia, which companies have won the contracts for work on the water projects.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe company which is implementing the general research programme into canal system maintenance in a number of countries, including Indonesia, is Hydraulics Research Limited, Wallingford. No companies are involved with village-based water schemes as they are being undertaken by local communities.
§ Mr. Tom ClarkeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which water projects the Overseas Development Administration has funded in Indonesia over the last five years; which companies have won those contracts; what was the value of those contracts; and which of those projects were funded under the aid and trade provision.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe following water projects in Indonesia have been supported with bilateral aid over the last five years:
773W— Project management of the Madura Groundwater project. Company: Groundwater Development Consultants (International) Ltd. Value: £2.99 million (all but some £500,000 of this expenditure occurred before 1989).
— Water Quality Improvement Planning Study for the Kali-Sunter River. Company: Binnie and Parners Ltd. Value: £0.60 million.
— Lake Toba Water Level study. Company: Institute of Hydrology. Value: £0.10 million.
— Research into canal system maintenance (part of a wider project involving a number of countries). Company: Hydraulics Research Ltd. Wallingford (covering all the countries involved). Value: £0.46 million.
Eighteen projects were jointly funded with non-governmental organisations during this period at a total cost of £137,000. In addition, 11 small water projects were funded during this period at a total cost of £42,000. No companies were involved with these 29 projects as they were small, mainly village-based, schemes undertaken by local communities.
None of the projects mentioned was funded under the aid and trade provision.