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Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list, by country, the percentage of herDepartment's funding that goes (a) directly to foreign Governments, (b) to NGOs and charities and (c) directly to the privatesector. [110565]Mr. Foulkes: Detailed information on a country basis is not available and could not be obtained except at disproportionate cost.However, for the 1998-99 financial year, the last year for which figures are available, we estimate that bilateral aid expenditureoverall was as follows:_________________________________________________________________________________________________.Channel Percentage of 1998-99 bilateral expenditureGovernments 37Private sector 47NGOs 16_________________________________________________________________________________________________.Further detailed information on a country basis, divided into Project or sector aid, Programme aid, Technical Co-operation, Aid andTrade Provision, Grants, Humanitarian Assistance, and Debt Relief, is available in the publication "Statistics on InternationalDevelopment", a copy of which is available in the Library of the House. |