§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) if she will place in the Library records of decisions and approvals of Government disbursements to the EDF; [44310]
(2) if she will list with dates the amounts of the United Kingdom's disbursements to the EDF under the current Lomé Convention; and when the next disbursements are due to be called from the Commission. [44309]
§ Clare ShortDisbursements against the Lomé Convention began under the Seventh European Development (EDF) in 1994. The Commission calls down funds from Member States as it needs them. There are usually four quarterly payments each year, normally in January, April, July and October. The table sets out the payments for each quarter under the seventh EDF.
Year Quarter Payment (£) 1994 Third 82,902,220 Fourth 70,505,090 1995 First 25,759,245 Second 53,782,341 Third 82,158,009 Fourth 60,110,159 1996 Second 27,013,201 Third 39,493,366 Fourth 58,673,835 1997 First 11,768,512 Second 40,895,789 Third 44,363,144 Fourth 39,042,589 1998 First 21,603,431 Second 31,848,249 The next disbursement is expected in July.