§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was(a) the gross national product of, (b) the amount of United Kingdom Government aid to and (c) the aggregate value of United Kingdom defence sales to (i) Jordan, (ii) Pakistan and (iii) India in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe latest available gross national product and United Kingdom bilateral aid figures for Jordan, Pakistan and India are set out in the table. It is not Government policy to publish defence sales figures of the nature requested, which are commercially confidential between the suppliers and the customer Government. I refer the hon. Gentleman to table 1.11 of "UK Defence Statistics 1993" for defence sales information. A copy of this is available in the House of Commons Library.
Jordan Year GNP Dinars million United Kingdom gross bilateral aid (£'000s) 1979 924.9 13,618 1980 1,183.6 4,682 1981 1,484.2 7,086 1982 1,702.5 3,308 1983 1,815.0 2,747 1984 1,905.0 6,105 1985 1,935.8 2,332 1986 2,097.3 5,641 1987 2,112.5 4,809 1988 2,129.9 4,495 1989 2,206.4 2,822 1990 2,375.9 5,105 1991 2,559.1 10,925 1992 3,158.6 3,122 1993 — 14,717 Notes:
(1) GNP: years ending 31 December.
(2) Aid: years ending 31 December up to and including 1987; thereafter years ending 31 March.
(3) Source for GNP figures: 470W
Pakistan Year GNP PRs billion United Kingdom gross bilateral aid (£'000s) 1979 209.45 21,810 1980 252.46 22,245 1981 300.89 24,613 1982 349.51 18,738 1983 403.78 16,612 1984 459.40 18,016 1985 510.47 16,569 1986 555.89 20,715 1987 608.86 22,475 1988 704.48 22,599 1989 797.75 28,183 1990 894.71 30,478 1991 1,053.09 43,476 1992 1,225.39 37,239 1993 — 34,483 Notes
(1) GNP: Years ending 30 June.
(2) Aid: years ending 31 December up to and including 1987; thereafter years ending 31 March.
(3) Source for GNP figures:
IMF International Financial Statistics, January 1984.
India Year GNP IRs billion United Kingdom gross bilateral aid (£'000s) 1979 1,145.1 153,314 1980 1,363.6 86,080 1981 1,598.0 168,550 1982 1,775.0 54,204 1983 2,066.5 127,600 1984 2,299.2 146,537 1985 2,608.1 106,466 1986 2,911.4 143,481 1987 3,305.8 78,464 1988 3,921.0 99,097 1989 4,482.6 84,647 1990 5,240.3 87,652 1991 6,026.7 100,815 1992 — 136,386 1993 — 115,370 Notes
(1) GNP: Years beginning 1 April.
(2) Aid: Years ending 31 December up to and including 1987; thereafter years ending 31 March.
(3) Source for GNP figures: IMF international financial statistics, January 1994.