HC Deb 18 March 1998 vol 308 c615W
Sir Alastair Goodlad

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much her Department will spend on bilateral development assistance programmes through UK NGOs for development and relief activities in(a) 1997–98 and (b) 1998–99. [34972]

Clare Short

Information on spending through UK NGOs for development and relief activities funded by the Department for International Development's (DFID) bilateral development assistance programmes is not held centrally in the format requested. A full answer to the question could be provided only at disproportionate cost.