§ Mr. David MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the total value was of aid and assistance given to her Department's regional programme in the Pacific in each of the last five years. [54465]
§ Clare ShortFunding to the Pacific provided through DFID's bilateral programme and through multilateral agencies, especially the EU, World Bank, Asian Development Bank and the UN is as follows:
DFID bilateral programme Financial year £ million 1996–97 8.552 1997–98 5.765 1998–99 4.941 1999–2000 4.193 2000–01 3.831
£ million Calendar year EC World bank UN Others 1996 3.8 0.1 0.7 1.1 1997 6.0 0.1 0.7 1.4 1998 6.1 0.1 0.6 3.2 1999 0.9 0 0.7 0 2000 7.0 0.1 1.0 2.0 Note:
Multilateral agencies (these are UK multilateral shares—'Others' includes the Asian Development Bank for which separate figures are not available)