§ Mr. HansonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what were the amounts spent annually since 1989 on the British know-how fund; and if he will list the countries where it has been spent indicating the amount spent per country. [40086]
§ Sir Nicholas BonsorThe amounts spent annually since 1989 on the British know-how fund are, in million pounds sterling:
- 1989–90: 63.8881
- 1990–91: 13.676
- 1991–92: 33.395
- 1992–93: 44.866
- 1993–94: 57.750
- 1994–95: 77.286
1Including 62 million from the Polish zloty stabilisation fund.
Expenditure breakdown by country is as follows, in million pounds sterling:
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1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 Azerbaijan — — — 0.081 0.122 0.441 Belarus — — — 0.026 0.086 0.616 Bulgaria — — 1.034 1.954 1.857 2.179 Czech Republic — — — — 2.768 2.544 Former Czechoslovakia — 1.954 6.594 7.238 — — Estonia — — 0.008 0.359 0.310 0.691 Georgia — — — 0.026 0.071 0.496 Hungary 0.004 1.487 6.198 5.794 6.281 4.599 Kazakhstan — — 0.005 0.093 1.012 1.909 Kyrgyzstan — — — — 0.093 0.436 Latvia — — — 0.326 0.259 0.915 Lithuania — — 0.006 0.404 1.058 0.900 Macedonia — — — — 0.174 2.2512 Moldova — — — — 0.040 0.124 Pan Baltic — — 0.036 0.360 0.627 0.603 Poland 63.8841 10.067 10.154 10.586 11.878 10.973 Romania — — 0.926 3.090 3.741 4.829 Russia — — 6.453 9.024 18.051 30.088 Slovak Republic — — — — 2.569 2.405 Slovenia — — — 0.045 0.492 0.935 Tajikistan — — — — — 0.081 Turkmenistan — — — — 0.001 0.038 Ukraine — — 0.001 2.879 3.265 5.330 Uzbekistan — — — 0.190 0.266 0.302 Regional projects — 0.168 1.998 2.346 2.343 2.799 1Including 62 million Polish zloty stabilisation fund 2including 2.0 million economic support On January 1 1993 the former Czechoslovakia divided into the Czech and Slovak Republics. From then on assistance to these two countries is shown separately. Those joint programmes which began before this date are still recorded under former Czechoslovakia.