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Written question asked by Lord Blaker (Conservative), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Baroness Vadera (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 October 2007.


Overseas Aid: Southern Africa

Question
asked Her Majesty's Government:What is the value of the aid they have given to the Southern African Development Community countries in total in each of the past six years to the latest available date.
Answer

Details of the UK's bilateral assistance and imputed multilateral assistance to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and its member nations over the past six years for which data are available are laid out in the tables below.

Table 1: UK Total Bilateral Gross Public Expenditure on Development to the Southern African Development Community and its Member Nations 2001-02 to 2006-07, (£thousands)
Financial Year Southern African Development Community Southern African Development Community Member Nations
2001-02 3,453 529,495
2002-03 5,261 357,311
2003-04 3,940 579,322
2004-05 6,618 542,905
2005-06 8,601 528,897
2006-07 10,485 480,408
Table 2: Imputed UK Share of Multilateral aid to SADC Member Nations for 2000 to 2005 (£ thousands)
Calendar Year Imputed aid
2000 81,727
2001 113,394
2002 103,671
2003 232,019
2004 153,896
2005 215,005

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
5390; 695 c17WA
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Development aid Southern Africa Southern African Development Community
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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