§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will set out his Department's policy in relation to aid to Burma; and if he will give the amount of British Government aid given in each of the last three years and the purpose to which it is being put. [7057]
§ Mr. HanleyApart from some residual commitments, United Kingdom bilateral aid to Burma is available only for humanitarian support. This policy has been agreed with our EU partners and is kept under review. Total UK bilateral aid in each of the last three years was:
- 1992–93: £79,000
- 1993–94: £195,000
- 1994–95: £350,000.
The support given consisted of relief for displaced people, including education programmes; emergency aid following floods, fires and an outbreak of dengue fever; payment of pensions for former colonial servants; 1176W assistance through the United Nations drugs control programme; and minor payments arising from projects now completed.
The United Kingdom also provided approximately £400,000 as our contribution to the European Community aid programme of £2.4 million in the five-year period from 1989 to 1993.