§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the occasions since 1979 when overseas aid has been made conditional on trade deals.
Gross public expenditure on bilateral aid 1980 to 1992–93 £ thousands Bangladesh Ecuador India Indonesia Jordan Malaysia Nigeria Oman Pakistan Thailand 1980 66,190 945 86,080 11,190 4,682 10,547 4,921 384 22,245 4,736 1981 33,383 762 168,550 15,350 7,086 10,124 4,231 452 24,613 7,791 1982 23,537 1,046 54,204 17,219 3,308 6,381 4,913 663 18,738 4,008 1983 24,728 783 127,600 12,358 2,747 3,872 5,480 641 16,612 5,553 1984 35,656 916 146,537 28,292 6,105 4,992 5,584 570 18,016 20,036 1985 41,173 909 106,466 33,649 2,332 7,454 6,240 500 16,569 7,437 1986 38,321 836 143,481 8,898 5,641 55,494 5,580 610 20,715 4,215 1987 31,634 2,560 78,464 12,223 4,809 9,779 6,584 457 22,475 5,358 1987–88 31,265 1,707 99,097 14,660 4,495 12,524 8,163 740 22,599 4,924 1988–89 48,161 1,473 84,647 17,366 2,822 8,300 6,310 773 28,183 23,879 1989–90 55,827 1,135 87,652 21,616 5,105 8,026 67,703 815 30,478 11,575 1990–91 51,629 5,682 100,815 24,854 10,925 27,907 35,470 825 43,476 9,383 1991–92 57,731 1,233 136,386 34,425 3,122 15,850 14,460 1,044 37,239 4,002 1992–93 65,717 3,435 115,370 33,164 14,717 20,995 15,855 750 34,483 34,321 Note: After 1987, British Aid Statistics were produced on a financial year basis.