HC Deb 17 February 1994 vol 237 cc936-7W
Mr. Burden

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will list the value of Overseas Development Administration support for the Malaysian water supply projects undertaken by Biwater for each year since 1985 and the percentage this represents for the year involved of(a) water and sewerage project beneficiaries and (b) total Overseas Development Administration-aided projects;

(2) what projects undertaken by the Biwater group of companies have had Overseas Development Administration assistance since 1983; and if he will list the value, location and nature of the projects involved, the tendering process involved for each, and the percentage of Overseas Development Administration assistance each has represented for each year involved.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

[holding answers 8 February 1994]: I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Monklands, West (Mr. Clarke) on 14 February, column 568. Of the projects listed in that reply, the Cairo Wastewater project was won after competitive tendering, and the two ATP projects for Malaysia and Sri Lanka were negotiated contracts.

The table below gives the percentage of the gross United Kingdom aid programme these three projects represented for each year involved:

Financial year Expenditure (£m) Percentage of aid programme
(of which Malaysia) (of which Malaysia)
1986–87 48.610 (48.610) 3.82 (3.82)
1987–88 5.425 (5.425) 0.41 (0.41)
1988–89 3.145 (1.944) 0.21 (0.13)
1989–90 4.232 (3.475) 0.27 (0.22)
1990–91 0.169 0 0.01 0
1991–92 0.002 0 0.0001 0
1992–93 0.637 0 0.03 0
1993–94 0.702 0 0.04 0

Mr. Alan Williams

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 8 February,Official Report, column 136, what was the date of the first letter after 27 June 1988 from Her Majesty's Government to the offer of civil aid for the Pergau project to the Malaysian Government.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

[holding answer 14 February 1994]: On 10 November 1988 Her Majesty's Government indicated in a letter to the Malaysian Government that they were prepared to consider aid and trade provision support for the Pergau project, subject to appraisal. The formal written offer of support was sent to the Malaysian Government on 17 April 1989.