HC Deb 08 June 1998 vol 313 c448W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To 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 Short

Disbursements 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.

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