§ Miss LestorTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what percentage of the bilateral aid programme budget was allocated to the aid and trade programme for 1994–95. [23182]
§ Mr. BaldryThe original 1994–95 allocation for ATP was set at £100 million, or 9.6 per cent. of the bilateral aid programme. However, as my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary announced on 13 December 1994, the cost of four ATP projects—two soft loans and two mixed credits—in 1994–95 and 1995–96 will be met from outside the 1980 Overseas Development and Cooperation Act. As a result, the ATP allocation for 1994–95 was revised to £67,984 million, or 6.1 per cent. of the bilateral aid programme.
§ Miss LestorTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list those countries eligible for support under the aid and trade programme. [23181]
§ Mr. BaldryThe list of low income countries eligible for ATP based on GNP per capita of $700, at 1989 prices, is:
- 1. Low income countries where export credit cover is available Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Ghana, Indonesia, India, Lesotho, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Zimbabwe
- 2. Other low income countries
- Afghanistan, Angola, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Eq. Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Kenya, Kiribati, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zaire and Zambia.