§ Mr. MacleanTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list the amounts of British aid to Zimbabwe for each of the last 10 years, the projects for which it has been assigned and the conditions attached to it. [70588]
§ Clare ShortTotal Overseas Development Administration (ODA) and the Department for International Development (DFID) aid to Zimbabwe in each of the last 10 years was:
Year £000 1987–88 11,708 1988–89 15,278 1989–90 13,373 1990–91 28,937 1991–92 36,682 1992–93 39,172 1993–94 24,560 1994–95 27,343 1995–96 14,804 1996–97 11,057 1997–98 12,215 ODA and DFID funded 170 projects (including Joint Funding Scheme projects cofinanced with British NGOs) in the last 10 years over the value of £100,000. I will place a list in the Library of the House.
Specific conditions are not attached to country programmes. Individual projects are appraised and funded in the context of agreed country strategies and may have specific conditions attached, to ensure the project will be effective and sustainable.