§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if Know How Fund aid to Croatia has been increased since the election of the new Government; and if she will make a statement. [125376]
§ Clare ShortOur bilateral allocation to Croatia is £1 million in the current financial year, increasing to £1.5 million in each of the two following years. Our share of the EU programme to Croatia in 2000 is just over £2 million.
Our aim is to complement the funding available through the EU and the international financial institutions to which we contribute. Since the election of the new Government we have discussed with the Croatian authorities several areas of possible support to their reform programme. Where our current funding allocations are insufficient to support good proposals put to us by the Croatian authorities, I shall consider transferring uncommitted funds from within the overall allocation for Central and South Eastern Europe.