Appendix 4

A Parliamentary Question for the purposes of this thesis

by Jim Lestor MP

Written Answer

For Friday 21 February 1992

146 Mr Jim Lestor (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will give the amounts of official development assistance allocated as bilateral project aid in the primary health care sector for the years 1974 to the present.

ANSWER

Mrs Lynda Chalker: Figures prior to 1980 are not available. Bilateral project aid expenditure (excluding technical cooperation) for the period 1980 to 1990 was as follows:

Year	Expenditure (£ thousands)

1980	4,134
1981	730
1982	1,868
1983	4,195
1984	2,939
1985	3,586
1986	2,041
1987	752
1988	2,373
1989	844
1990	9,308

NB: Includes expenditure on family planning

UK Bilateral Aid Expenditure on Primary Health, Primary Education, Rural Water Supply and Family Planning, 1980-1990 (cash prices) (1) (2)

£ Thousands

	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Primary Education	171	419	119	128	614	284	598	723	1,425	1,071	1,678
Primary Health (3)	4,134	726	1,868	4,195	2,939	3,586	2,041	752	5,891	5,264	15,026
Family Planning	886	283	1,829	3,794	2,747	2,439	1,520	686	1,746	1,115	6,232
Rural Water Supply	1,609	1,518	1,246	557	742	1,280	53,918	7,601	7,826	10,006	3,718

(1) Figures refer to the primary sector which benefits from any expenditure. They exclude expenditure classified to other sectors which may also benefit the primary sector (eg expenditure on primary teacher training may be classified under teacher training, not primary education)

(2) Technical Cooperation expenditure is not included for 1980-87.

(3) Including Family Planning

NB Figures include Project Aid provided by the Commonwealth Development Corporation.