§ Mr. RosindellTo ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development how much aid has been given to Overseas Territories since 1993. [115340]
§ Hilary BennThe Department for International Developments bilateral assistance to Overseas Territories for each of the UK financial years from 1993–94 to 2001–02 is shown in the following table. Figures for 2002–03 are not yet available but are expected to be published next month. These figures do not include any assistance which may have been allocated over the period under the EU Overseas Countries and Territories Decision.
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£000 Country Total DFID programme Anguilla 1993–94 3,271 1994–95 2,142 1995–96 1,226 1996–97 1,362 1997–98 2,520 1998–99 1,977 1999–00 2,058 2000–01 2,234 2001–02 1,847
§ Hilary BennUS $4.5 billion was pledged by donors at the Tokyo conference in January 2002 over a period of between one and five years, depending on the donor. US $1.8 billion was disbursed last year to Afghanistan. A similar amount has been pledged for the current financial year. Donors such as the US, who had only made one-year pledges at the Tokyo conference, used the Afghan Development Forum held in March 2003 to make new pledges. The total pledged now stands at US $5.2 billion.