§ Ms Glenda JacksonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list all bilateral and multilateral assistance given by the Overseas Development Administration to help the development of textile and clothing industries and the amounts given in the period since 1988.
§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd[holding answer 24 January 1994]: Bilateral aid for the development of textiles and clothing—and investment by the Commonwealth Development Corporation—is shown in a table which I have arranged to be placed in the Libraries of both Houses. There is no centrally compiled source of data on aid for textiles and clothing provided by various multilateral
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Private consultancy work awarded in 1992 and 1993 Year Consultants Service required Value £000s (a) Accountancy firms 1992 KPMG Peat Marwick IS strategy support to Vehicle Inspectorate 90 1992 KPMG Peat Marwick Rail privatisation: accountancy and taxation advice 1,702 1992 Price Waterhouse Preparation of DVOIT Long Form Report 52 1992 Price Waterhouse Advice on taxation and company cars 6 1992 Cooper and Lybrand Temporary finance director 52 agencies. Information on these agencies' support—and thus on ODA's share of this—could be provided only at disproportionate cost.