HC Deb 24 June 2003 vol 407 cc691-2W
Dr. Tonge

To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development to which countries the Department has supplied budget support; how much each country has received; and what percentage of the total received by these countries from the Department took the form of budget support in each year since 2000. [120494]

Hilary Benn

Expenditure on budget support was not collected separately in our central systems until fairly recently. However a special exercise was conducted earlier this year to identify such expenditure and the results are given in the following table. These should be treated as estimates as coverage may be incomplete.

Estimated expenditure on budget support (£ million) and as percentage of total support
£ million Percentage of total
Country 2000–01 2000–01 2001–02 2001–02 2002–03 2002–03
Afghanistan 12.7 17
Bolivia 5.6 44 1.3 14
East Timor 4 61
Ghana 47.6 65 32.2 59 11.5 20
Guyana 0.2 1 0.3 2 0.3 2
India 65 35
Kenya 15 29
Macedonia 3 37
Malawi 30 53 17.5 38
Montserrat 5.7 28 5.1 21 7.5 32
Mozambique 10 24 10.6 26 10.4 27
Pakistan 20 46 11 29
Rwanda 25.4 77 18.6 68 22 68
Serbia 3.4 22 7 60
Sierra Leone 16.5 47 19.6 53 10 30
St. Helena 6 60 5.9 60 5.9 63
Tanzania 40.6 59 35.7 55 45.1 47
Uganda 60 69 37 54 23.5 43
Estimated expenditure on budget support (£ million) and as percentage of total support
£ million Percentage of total
Country 2000–01 2000–01 2001–02 2001–02 2002–03 2002–03
Vietnam 7 43 7 40
Zambia 15 27 7.6 19
275.4 38 290.1 39 179.9 22

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