§ Mr. FoulkesTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will list for each of the past five years the funding through discretionary spending to multilateral agencies provided by his Department: [14325]
(2) if he will list for each of the last five years the agencies which have received moneys from his Department's discretionary spending. [14326]
§ Dr. Liam FoxThe details are in the table. Full details of ODA expenditure over the past five years are contained in "British Aid Statistics", copies of which were sent to the Libraries of both Houses in January.
£ million Agency 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–971 UN Development Programme 30.10 31.24 28.21 26.03 26.00 UNICEF 9.54 9.51 12.77 13.60 8.50 UNIFEM 0.15 0.15 0 15 0.15 0.18 UN Population Fund 9.42 10.78 11.25 6.75 10.00 World Health Organisation 11.97 16.60 12.77 5.97 12.60 UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees 6.00 9.00 6.00 6.67 5.50 International Timber Trade Organisation 0.05 0.11 0.06 0.06 0.06 UN High Commissioner for Refugees 5.50 18.85 15.06 16.05 0.00 International research organisations 8.62 8.64 8 49 8.98 7.59 World Bank Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme 0.35 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 Total 81.71 105.27 95.16 84.65 70.83 1 Estimated
§ Mr. FoulkesTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what the forecast level of discretionary expenditure to multilateral agencies was for 1997–98 before the Chancellor's financial statement of November 1996; [14329]
(2) what is the current forecast level of discretionary expenditure to multilateral agencies from his Department for 1997–98. [14335]
§ Dr. FoxThe planned level of discretionary expenditure for multilateral organisations in 1997–98 was £58.63 million. The current forecast for 1997–98 is £58.63 million.