HC Deb 20 June 1995 vol 262 cc162-3W
Miss Lestor

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the additional projects to be funded, and the sums allocated, by the 31 million returned to the aid budget for 1995–96 from(a) the Pergau dam project and (b) three other aid and trade provision projects. [29342]

Mr. Baldry

The reimbursed funds were fully integrated into ODA's planning and were thus not reallocated on an individual basis. Details of a breakdown of the aid budget planning allocations for 1995–96 can be found in table 30, page 61 of the ODA's departmental report.

Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the estimated rate of return on the Cigading/Serpong railway ATP project in Indonesia at the time of appraisal; what is the actual post-completion rate of return; on what date the project was approved by the sub-committee for aid and trade; and on what date the project was approved by the Minister for Overseas Development. [28297]

Mr. Baldry

A rate of return for the Cigading/Serpong railway project was not calculated at the time of appraisal. The developmental justification for the project was based on the use of rail as the least cost mode to transport coal from Cigading port to cement works at Cibinong. It is not possible to provide a post-completion rate of return because the line is still under construction. The project was approved by the sub-committee for aid and trade, and by the then Minister for Overseas Development, in November 1986.