§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what percentage of British(a) bilateral and (b) multilateral aid was allocated to states in (i) Africa, (ii) Asia, (iii) Latin America and (iv) Europe in (1) 1996, (2) 1997, (3) 1998 and (4) 1999; and what is her estimate of the equivalent figure in 2000. [112114]
§ Clare ShortThe information requested is given in the table for the Department for International Development expenditure only (other UK aid is excluded as we do not have the required details for the later years). Multilateral assistance cannot be readily broken down by region but we conduct special exercises periodically to estimate the geographical distribution of our contributions to multilateral institutions. The latest exercise was conducted in 1997.
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DFID programme expenditure percentage going to 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 estimated outturn 1 2000–01 plans 1 1997 imputed multilateral share 2 Africa 32 33 39 32 35 37 America 6 9 9 6 6 10 of which: Caribbean 4 6 6 — — 0 Central 1 1 1 — — 5 South 2 2 2 — — 4 Asia 30 28 27 23 25 28 Europe 13 11 7 6 6 24 Other Bilateral 19 19 18 32 28 1 Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 1 General allocations (eg humanitarian assistance, scholarship schemes) which cannot be assigned to regions in advance are included in 'other bilateral'. 2 Includes contributions from other government Departments to multilateral institutions. Note:
Columns may not usm to totals due to rounding.