HC Deb 13 December 1996 vol 287 cc395-6W
Mr. MacShane

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will list the projects currently receiving overseas aid assistance in(a) Hong Kong and (b) Singapore; [8718]

(2) how much (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral aid has been allocated to (a) Hong and Kong and (b) Singapore in each of the last three years. [8717]

Dr. Liam Fox

British bilateral aid to Hong Kong and Singapore, as reported in "British Aid Statistics", consists of colonial pension payments, scholarships under the Commonwealth scholarship and fellow plan and, in the case of Hong Kong up to 1994–95, assistance via the British Red Cross and Save the Children Fund for Vietnamese boat people.

Such aid in the last three years totalled:

£000
1993–94 1994–95 1995–96
Hong Kong 423 372 130
Singapore 233 225 238

Total multilateral aid, from the European Community and United Nations, in the last three years for which figures are available was as follows:

£000
1992 1993 1994
Hong Kong 13,300 12,100 11,100
Singapore 700 900 1,200

Of this, the estimated share attributable to the United Kingdom was:

£000
1992 1993 1994
Hong Kong 1,300 300 600
Singapore 100 100