HC Deb 14 July 1999 vol 335 cc218-9W
14. Mrs. Fyfe

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what spending on aid for sub—Saharan Africa by her Department(a) was in 1997–98, (b) is in the current year and (c) is planned to be in 2000–01. [89765]

Clare Short

Bilateral country programme expenditure in sub-Saharan Africa in 1997–98 was £332.36 million. A firm figure for 1998–99 is not yet available, but expenditure is estimated to be at least £400 million. Planned outturn figures for 1999–2000 and 2000–01 are expected to be £450 million and £477 million respectively. In addition, we make substantial contributions to multilateral organisations, where our share of assistance in 1997 amounted to £217 million, much of which is spent in Africa.

Back to
Forward to