HC Deb 23 February 1995 vol 255 c302W
Mr. Sheerman

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action he is taking to increase the percentage of aid money spent on children's health, educational and developmental needs.

Mr. Baldry

One aid programme priority objective is effective support for the development of education and basic health services. The activities we support will help meet the needs of children and young people.

Mr. Sheerman

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what percentage of the United Kingdom aid budget is currently on(a) primary health care, (b) nutrition and malnutrition, (c) education, (d) immunisation programmes, (e) job creation and (f) infrastructure.

Mr. Baldry

The information requested is given in the table for 1993–94, the latest year for which information is available.

Percentage of ODA bilateral aid which is allocable by sector spent on selected sectors, 1993–94.

  • Primary Health Care—7.5 per cent.
  • Nutrition and Malnutrition—0.04 per cent.1
  • Education—17.6 per cent.
  • Immunisation Programmes—n/a2
  • Job Creation—n/a2
  • Infrastructure—n/a2

Notes

1Over £270,000 was spent on specific nutrition and malnutrition projects in 1993–94. Many other projects also contained a nutrition and malnutrition element, but are part of wider projects and thus not included in these figures.

2 The ODA's management information system does not separately identify expenditure on immunisation, job creation and infrastructure. It is therefore not possible to identify expenditure on those sectors except at a disproportionate cost.

Miss Lestor

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proportion of development aid to the education sector is allocated to expanding non-formal education.

Mr. Baldry

In 1993–94, the latest year for which information is available, 0.5 per cent. of identifiable expenditure on aid to the education sector was allocated to non-formal education projects. This amounted to £569,000.

In addition, other significant bilateral project expenditure, for which figures are not centrally held, gave support to the non-formal education sector.