§ Sir Alastair GoodladTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what percentage of programme bilateral developmental assistance, excluding emergency assistance, will go to(a) upper middle income groups, (b) lower middle income groups and (c) low income groups in (i) 1997–98 and (ii) 1988–99. [30195]
§ Clare ShortExpenditure for 1997–98 will be reported by the Department in British Aid Statistics around November 1998. Future allocations are currently being considered in the Department's resource allocation round. An objective is to re-direct more of the available resources to poverty elimination.
§ Sir Alastair GoodladTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what percentage of bilateral programme development assistance will be devoted to(a) non-project technical co-operation, (b) CDC exchequer advances, (c) emergency aid, (d) mixed credits, (e) financial aid, (f)programme aid and (g)technical co-operation excluding mixed credits in (i) 1997–98 and (ii) 1998–99; [30196]
(2) what percentage of her Department's budgets for (a) 1997–98, (b) 1998–99 and (c) 1999–2000 will be devoted to (i) bilateral and (ii) multilateral assistance; [30202]
(3) what percentage of programme developmental assistance will go to (a) Africa, (b) the Pacific, (c) America, (d) Europe and (e) Asia in (i) 1997–98 and (ii) 1998–99; [30197]
(4) what are her Department's cash plans for (i) 1997–98, (ii) 1998–99 and (iii) 1999–2000 in respect of (a) total DFID resources, (b) planning resources, (c) resource allocations for bilateral country programmes broken down by continent, (d) other bilateral allocations, (e) multilateral allocations, (f) aid administration, (g) running costs, (h) RTA and CDC and Crown Agents borrowing and (i) unallocated contingency reserves. [30203]
§ Clare ShortThe Department's estimated outtum in 1997–98 will be published in the Departmental Report in late March. Plans for future years are currently being considered in the Department's resource allocation round.