Aid

HC Deb 03 March 1995 vol 255 cc726-7W

Mr. Denham

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to which projects and programmes he has allocated the funding no longer allocated to the Pergau dam in the current year.

Mr. Baldry

In the current financial year, we are using the reallocated amounts for additional emergency aid, primarily in Bosnia, Rwanda and Chechnya; for additional contributions to multilateral organisations in the field of health and population; and for additional country programme expenditure including mine clearance in Cambodia.

Mr. Denham

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy to allocate the funding no longer allocated to the Pergau dam in 1995–96 to low-income countries in Africa and South Asia.

Mr. Baldry

The poorest countries of Africa and South Asia will remain a priority for aid programme funds in 1995–96. In 1993–94, nine of the 10 largest recipients of our bilateral country programme funds were low-income countries in Africa and Asia.