§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what was the value of aid from(a) the EU and (b) the British Government directly paid to the Zimbabwean Government in the last 12 months. [116900]
§ Clare ShortThe most recent figures available on EC aid for Zimbabwe are for 1998, when total EC official development assistance was £13.2 million. The figure for EU member programmes plus the EC was £99.7 million. We have no information on how much of this was paid direct to the Government of Zimbabwe. In 1998–99, the value of British assistance to the Zimbabwe Government is estimated at £10 million.