§ Mr. BoswellTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assistance she
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UK assistance to Commonwealth countries £ thousands Country 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Botswana 4,246 4,171 3,275 3,045 2,469 Cameroon 2,205 2,140 3,589 7,005 5,629 Gambia, The 1,862 1,311 979 1,370 1,742 Ghana 28,475 30,428 62,907 52,032 75,200 Kenya 26,439 30,025 42,163 32,927 62,609 Lesotho 3,911 4,985 4,167 2,974 2,274 Malawi 44,876 30,651 52,629 49,377 56,942 Mauritius 1,273 1,704 1,195 570 1,656 Mozambique 26,610 48,311 28,902 70,630 43,304 Namibia 5,670 4,482 3,861 3,571 2,712 Nigeria 7,867 9,346 11,216 14,597 16,182 St. Helena & Dep 7,990 8,765 8,805 9,363 10,116 Seychelles 406 328 216 300 30 Sierra Leone 10,841 3,293 9,153 30,044 35,142 South Africa, Republic of 23,214 28,372 35,110 47,838 36,755 Swaziland 9,598 3,448 3,981 3,533 2,636 Tanzania 56,415 51,437 78,085 75,099 110,598 Uganda 49,207 59,325 64,261 90,286 93,111 Zambia 40,529 46,742 33,511 46,677 93,296 Zimbabwe 21,007 13,715 29,394 17,363 14,716 Anguilla 1,367 2,520 1,977 2,058 2,232 Antigua & Barbuda 235 900 629 1,650 1,332 Bahamas 99 5 -1 35 15 Barbados 323 250 533 1,049 197 Belize 7,360 2,331 9,357 14,876 8,132 Bermuda 57 30 0 13 4 British Virgin Islands 1,095 604 677 5,188 3,618 Cayman Islands 26 13 23 49 20 Dominica 5,011 14,711 2,531 2,481 1,174 Falkland Islands and Deps 4 2 0 0 0 Grenada 635 2,118 1,141 923 615 Guyana 7,041 92,487 22,962 16,233 31,069 Jamaica 9,687 3,165 10,142 9,041 8,426 Montserrat 14,441 37,867 31,096 22,640 20,811 St. Kitts-Nevis 628 805 609 99 1 offers to developing countries in dealing with disability issues. [46268]
§ Clare ShortThe Department for International Development is currently supporting nearly 40 projects and programmes around the world with a focus on the rights and needs of people with disabilities. In the past year we have approved in excess of £154 million of new funding for work in this area (£136 million for the polio eradication programme). The global drive to reduce poverty will also bring many benefits, in reducing some of the key causes of disability and improving the quality of life and opportunities for people with disabilities.
DFID's strategy on disability is set out in an issues paper published in February 2000, called "Disability, poverty and development". We work closely with Governments, the voluntary and private sectors, and the bilateral and multilateral donor communities, to ensure that disability is addressed in the context of the fight against poverty and the realisation of human rights for all.