§ Chris RuaneTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will break down by recipient country aid given by the UK in each of the last 10 years(a) in total and (b) as a percentage of total expenditure. [186133]
§ Hilary BennI have arranged for copies of a document entitled "Bilateral Aid by Country (Total Gross Public Expenditure)" to be placed in the Libraries of the House. This includes details of the aid given by the UK to each recipient country in each of the last 10 years up until 2002–03, the last full year for which we have final figures. It also provides details of the percentage of total bilateral UK aid for the relevant year.
737WThe UK also provides contributions to multilateral organisations from both DFID and the Government as a whole. By definition, this expenditure cannot be broken down by country as the UK contribution is pooled with those of other donors.
§ Chris RuaneTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the overseas aid budget expressed at today's prices was in each of the last 25 years; and what the projected budget is as a result of the Spending Review. [186135]
§ Hilary BennExpenditure on DFID programmes for the years 1978–79 to 2002–03, expressed in constant 2002–03 prices, is set out in the following table:
£ million (constant 2002–03 prices) Total DFID programmes 1978–79 2,811 1979–80 2,629 1980–81 2,675 1981–82 2,495 1982–83 2,361 1983–84 2,411 1984–85 2,431 1985–86 2,360 1986–87 2,386 1987–88 2,308 1988–89 2,437 1989–90 2,515 1990–91 2,426 1991–92 2,614 1992–93 2,745 1993–94 2,780 1994–95 2,878 1995–96 2,756 1996–97 2,510 1997–98 2,342 1998–99 2,610 1999–2000 2,783 2000–01 2,946 738W
Bilateral aid by country Monetary aid Technical co-operation
Aid and trade provision
Grants and other aid-in-kind
Humanitarian assistance
1DFID debt relief2 Philippines 1997–98 — 353 3,393 621 140 — 1998–99 — 267 656 619 — — 1999–2000 — 157 44 406 — — 2000–01 — — 241 545 250 — 2001–023 3,692 64 163 228 — — 2002–03 631 67 158 321 — — 2003–044 1,471 55 135 382 — — Romania 1997–98 — 5,481 — 196 32 — 1998–99 — 4,036 — 104 — — 1999–2000 — 3,489 — 249 — — 2000–01 — 3,180 — 258 — — 2001–023 — 5,301 — 95 — — 2002–03 — 5,798 — 300 50 — 2003–044 — 4,503 — 90 — — Ukraine 1997–98 — 8,535 — 588 — — 1998–99 — 8,111 — 502 — – 1999–2000 — 7,856 — 586 — — 2000–01 — 9,033 — 197 100 — 2001–023 — 8,652 — 225 — —
£ million (constant 2002–03 prices) Total DFID programmes 2001–02 3,002 2002–03 3,313 Source: DFID's annual statistical report Statistics on International Development 1998–99 to 2002–03.
As a result of Spending Review 2002 DFID's Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit rose from £3.596 billion in 2003–04 to £4.529 billion in 2005–06. This represented over 8 per cent. annual real growth for the Spending Review period.
Spending Review 2004 provided another excellent settlement which demonstrated the Government's continuing commitment to tackling global poverty and the United Nation's 0.7 per cent. oda/GNI target. DFID's Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit will rise to £5.028 billion in 2006–07 and £5.323 billion in 2007–08. This represents 9.2 annual average real growth for the period of the Spending Review.
§ Angus RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much(a) monetary aid and (b) aid in kind his Department has (i) pledged and (ii) delivered to (A) the Philippines, (B) Romania and (C) Ukraine (1) in each financial year since 1997–98 and (2) in each month since January 2003; what new programmes his Department has (x) initiated and (y) funded in each country since January 2003; and if he will make a statement. [185716]
Mr. Gareth ThomasThe following table shows what has been delivered to the Philippines, Romania and Ukraine in terms of aid in kind and monetary aid from 1997–98 to 2003–04 (latest figures). DFID does not keep monthly records of pledges or expenditures specifically in terms of aid-in-kind or monetary aid; DFID also does not keep records of how much has been pledged specifically in terms of aid in kind or monetary aid.
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Bilateral aid by country Monetary aid Technical co-operation
Aid and trade provision
Grants and other aid-in-kind
Humanitarian assistance
1DFID debt relief2 2002–03 — 7,684 — 204 2 — 2003–044 — 6,295 — 166 — — 1 Humanitarian assistance comprises food aid and other humanitarian assistance. 2 This comprises both interest and principal foregone under Retrospective Terms Adjustment. Amounts reported are repayments which would have fallen.
32001–02 is a unique year in that total DFID expenditure is understated by around £140 million due to move to resource accounting. See glossary for details.
4 The figures for 2003–04 are provisional. Since 2003 DFID has committed a further £111,647 to support civil society organisations in the Philippines.
The following are new programmes initiated and funded in Romania since January 2003; all are extensions of existing activities in Romania.
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£000 Social and Healthcare Linkages—To assist local authorities in the equitable and sustainable delivery and
development of social and health care services
200 Social Development Scheme Fund—To support social development, build social capital and contribute to
poverty alleviation in the communities most affected by
mining industry restructuring
200 Social Development Strategy for Romanian Mining Regions—to support the "National Strategy for Mining
Industry" through providing a social development
strategy.
84 Social Mitigation Strengthening Cohesion and Lesson Learning—To enhance the capacity of the National
Agency for Mining through strengthening cohesion and
lesson learning within the mining sector Social
Mitigation Project
76 Advisory support to the National Agency for Civil Servants (NACS)—To improve the Government's
management of its civil servants by assisting the agency
to clarify its role and function
134 Assistance to National Agency for Civil Servants— Human resource Planning, Establishment Control and
Pay Bill Modelling—to assist NACS gather and analyse
the data required to formulate a Human Resource Plan,
to determine the number and level of public positions
and to formulate pay proposals for 2004.
30 Technical Assistance to the General Secretariat of the Government for building a coherent Policy Making and
an Accountable Administration—to assist the Unit for
Policy Planning and General Secretariat in the design of
institutional procedures of policy formulation,
monitoring and evaluation.
65 Public Admin Reform Strategy Adviser—The establishment of a strategic framework which clearly
sets out Government public administration reform
actions, and identifies the role of the EC, World Bank
and other international organisations.
100 Support to the National Co-ordinator and Romanian Commission for Poverty Prevention and Social
Inclusion (CASPIS)—To strengthen understanding and
strategic approach to poverty reduction, including
support to the CASPIS Technical Secretariat, line
ministries and at local level.
90 Adviser on Anti-Poverty Strategies to CASPIS—to enhance capacity within CASPIS to adopt a strategic
approach to poverty reduction policies and to promote
the implementation of poverty reduction plans.
95
£ Strategic Planning Support to the Romania Social Development Fund—(RSDF) to develop the
sustainable capacity to measurably contribute towards
national and/or local poverty alleviation and social
inclusion plans.
90 High Level Group for Romania Children Co-ordinator— To promote child rights and protection and the
prevention of child abuse and neglect using an holistic
approach in the broader context of child health and
development.
42 The following are new programmes initiated and funded in Ukraine since January 2003.
£ million Democratising Ukraine Project 1.5 Lviv Economic and Social Development Project 1.46 Ukraine Trade Policy Project 0.99 World Bank Ukraine Social Investment Fund (DFID Technical Assistance Input)
0.3 World Bank Public Administration Reform Programme (DFID TA Input)
0.3 Support to Ministry of Education and Sciences (Part of UN global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS in Ukraine)
0.035 HIV/AIDS Small Project Support 0.025