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Mr. Peter Bradley: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which Ministers in his Department visitedBelize in each year between 1990 and 1997; and what support his Department gave Belize in each year. [96213]Mr. Battle: The following Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Ministers visited Belize in the years 1990-97: Mr. TristanGarel-Jones (1991), the right hon. David Heathcoat-Amory MP (March 1994) and Sir Nicholas Bonsor (June 1996).The total Overseas Development Administration programmes for Belize were as follows:_________________________________________________________________________________________________.Year £1989-90 2,905,0001990-91 2,678,0001991-92 2,970,0001992-93 4,273,0001993-94 5,693,0001994-95 5,395,0001995-96 3,499,0001996-97 1,995,0001997-98 2,300,000_________________________________________________________________________________________________.The 1997-98 figure includes the period during which the Department for International Development was established. A breakdown ofthese statistics is available in "British Aid Statistics/Statistics on International Development" which is available in the Libraryof the House. The Commonwealth Development Corporation also invested in Belize during this period. In addition to the above fundingfrom its ODA wing, the FCO provided Belize with other support in a variety of forms including sponsored visits, scholarships andmilitary training and equipment. Figures for the total value of this support are not readily available. |