HC Deb 26 June 1995 vol 262 cc467-8W
Mr. Harry Greenway

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much aid has been given in(a) money and (b) personnel in Somalia over the past 10 years; and if he will make a statement. [29064]

Mr. Baldry

The following tables list total bilateral aid to Somalia for the period 1985 to 1993–94 and person years of technical co-operation personnel, consultants and volunteers wholly or partly funded by ODA.

£000
Year1 Total bilateral aid2
1985 1,737
1986 3,941
1987 7,292
1987–88 7,746
1988–89 5,783
1989–90 2,635
1990–91 1,916
1991–92 3,025
1992–93 15,804
1993–94 5,509
1 Information on bilateral aid is available on a calendar year basis up to 1987 and on a financial year basis from 1987–88 onwards.
2 Includes emergency aid, technical co-operation; programme aid, and the joint funding scheme.

Year Personnel (person years)
1985 15
1986 15
1987 18
1988 19
1989 22
1990 8
1991 3
1992 1
1993 1