HC Deb 16 January 1996 vol 269 c505W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what aid has been provided to Dominica for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the reasons for the changes in the aid provision. [8697]

Mr. Hanley

UK bilateral aid disbursements to Dominica over the past five financial years were as follows:

  • 1990–91: £1.565 million.
  • 1991–92: £1.986 million.
  • 1992–93: £2.907 million.
  • 1993–94: £2.173 million.
  • 1994–95: £0.287 million.

The lower disbursement figure in 1994–95 relates to the UK's decision to tie the release of funds from our 1993 aid grant to the clearance of arrears on repayments of past UK aid loans to Dominica.