HC Deb 11 April 2000 vol 348 cc81-2W
Mr. Gardiner

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what annual contribution Britain has made to aid for Sri Lanka since 1964. [117674]

Clare Short

Bilateral expenditure from the UK is given in the table. The UK also assists Sri Lanka through its contributions to multilateral organisations such as the World bank and the EC.

Bilateral gross public expenditure on aid to Sri Lanka
Year £000
1964 741
1965 287
1966 2,764
1967 4,492
1968 4,030
1969 4,543
1970 4,543
1971 5,974
1972 3,677
1973 2,092
1974 1,559
1975 2,711
Bilateral gross public expenditure on aid to Sri Lanka
Year £000
1976 5,455
1977 3,989
1978 8,318
1979 12,242
1980 31,492
1981 26,272
1982 33,287
1983 29,461
1984 26,203
1985 17,316
1986 15,981
19871 18,690
1987–881 23,181
1988–89 25,465
1989–90 17,362
1990–91 18,646
1991–92 12,450
1992–93 16,616
1993–94 12,875
1994–95 11,856
1995–96 15,181
1996–97 19,937
1997–98 11,553
1998–99 7,831
1 Aid statistics have been presented on a financial year basis since 1992. In order to give complete coverage, figures for both calendar year 1987 and financial year 1987–88 have been included. The series cannot therefore be summed as this will involve double counting data for the final three quarters of 1997.

Source:

British Aid Statistics and Statistics on International Development

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