Bilateral Aid

HC Deb 06 May 2004 vol 420 cc1704-5W

Tom Brake

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will list the top 20 countries in receipt of bi-lateral aid from his Department, and the amount of aid given to each, in(a) 1998–99 and (b) 2002–03. [170982]

Hilary Benn

The top 20 recipients of bilateral aid from the Department of International Development in each of the years in question were as follows:

DFID bilateral programme—Top 20 recipients
£million
1998–99
India	82
Bangladesh	67
Ghana	53
Uganda	53
Tanzania	50
Malawi	47
China	39
Kenya	33
Montserrat	31
Russian Federation	31
South Africa	29
Mozambique	26
Indonesia	25
Pakistan	24
Sudan	24
Nepal	17
Zimbabwe	15
Zambia	15
Rwanda	14
Nigeria	11
Total	686

DFID bilateral programme—Top 20 recipients
£million
2002–03
India	161
Tanzania	96
Bangladesh	77
Afghanistan	75
Ghana	56
Uganda	55
Malawi	52
Kenya	45
Ethiopia	43
China	42
Zambia	41
Pakistan	39
Mozambique	38
South Africa	36
Sierra Leone	32
Rwanda	:32
Nigeria	31
Zimbabwe	30
Nepal	28
Russian Federation	27
Total	1036