HC Deb 12 March 2001 vol 364 c423W
Mr. Fabricant

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much(a) bilateral and (b) European Union aid has been given to Zimbabwe in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [152208]

Clare Short

UK bilateral development assistance to Zimbabwe was as follows:

£ million
1995–96 15.0
1996–97 11.1
1997–98 12.2
1998–99 16.6
1999–2000 14.0

We expect to spend £11.2 million in 2000–01.

EC development assistance to Zimbabwe in the last five years for which data are available was:

£ million
1994 63.2
1995 38.2
1996 38.6
1997 10.6
1998 13.2