HC Deb 14 December 1995 vol 268 c749W
Miss Lestor

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what(a) proportion and (b) value in pounds sterling of the overseas aid budget has been tied to the purchase of British goods or services in each year since 1979–80. [5120]

Mr. Hanley

The information is as follows:

Year Bilateral tied aid (£ million) Percentage of total bilateral aid
1979 525 77
1980 489 70
1981 563 67
1982 471 70
1983 460 66
1984 477 61
1985 523 63
1986 598 71
1987 529 69
1988 692 69
1989 787 71
1990 740 71
1991 933 73
1992 650 67
1993 703 65
1994 557 54

  1. 1. Tying status data is only available for the United Kingdom's bilateral aid programme. No reliable data are available for the tying status of technical cooperation so all of this aid is reported to the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the OECD as being tied and is included in the above figures.
  2. 2. The DAC definition of tied aid means that procurement is restricted to a specified number of countries. Data on aid specifically tied to the procurement of British goods and services are unavailable.
  3. 3. In addition, aid is given to multilateral agencies who also procure British goods and services.