§ Lord McColl of Dulwichasked Her Majesty's Government:
How much of the £5 million promised by the Prime Minister to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia last year has actually been given. [HL3170]
§ Baroness AmosWe have allocated £5.8 million for bilateral technical assistance to support reform programmes in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) over the next three years. This is in addition to our share of European Commission programmes, which amounts to £2.15 million this year. Since the Prime Minister's undertaking, we have committed £0.2 million to advice on trade liberalisation and £0.16 million to training in EU integration issues. We are considering a further commitment of £0.75 million for support to small and medium enterprise development, to add to our previous commitment of £0.45 million. And we are discussing with the FYROM authorities new programmes to help to reform public financial management and administration to strengthen social policy and to increase capacity to conduct international trade.