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Written question asked by Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 20 November 1996. It was answered by Liam Fox (Conservative) on Wednesday, 20 November 1996 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

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Question
How much aid has been given to (a) Israel, (b) Egypt, (c) Jordan, (d) Lebanon and (e) Syria in each of the last five years. - Inc tables.
Answer

Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much aid has been given to (a) Israel, (b) Egypt, (c) Jordan, (d) Lebanon and (e) Syria in each of the last five years. [4915] Dr. Liam Fox: UK aid to Israel, Egypt, Jordan, the Lebanon and Syria has been provided on both a bilateral and a multilateral basis. Bilateral expenditure £ thousands _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Total ODA programme Total gross public expenditure Israel 1991-92 13 13 1992-93 8 8 1993-94 8 8 1994-95 7 7 1995-96 10 13 Egypt 1991-92 12,385 13,409 1992-93 7,606 8,833 1993-94 5,901 7,128 1994-95 4,884 6,123 1995-96 5,019 6,245 Jordan 1991-92 3,122 3,122 1992-93 4,251 7,307 1993-94 4,209 4,209 1994-95 5,231 8,902 1995-96 5,902 10,877 Lebanon 1991-92 182 182 1992-93 245 247 1993-94 264 316 1994-95 162 211 1995-96 219 219 Syria 1991-92 3 3 1992-93 16 16 1993-94 30 30 1994-95 0 49 1995-96 16 36 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. ODA Programme contains Financial Aid, Technical Cooperation, Aid and Trade Provision, Programme Aid, Emergency Aid, Non Project Technical Cooperation and ODA Debt Relief. GPEX consists ODA Programme plus CDC Investments and Other Debt relief and Drugs. Multilateral expenditure £ millions _________________________________________________________________________________________________. UK share of net oda disbursements Israel 1990 0.1 1991 3.2 1992 0.7 1993 0 1994 2.1 Egypt 1990 5.1 1991 27.9 1992 7.8 1993 7.4 1994 17.5 Jordan 1990 0.9 1991 18.9 1992 4 1993 4.7 1994 5.8 Lebanon 1990 3 1991 0.8 1992 1.1 1993 1.9 1994 2.1 Syria 1990 1.1 1991 0.2 1992 1 1993 0.5 1994 1.6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: British Aid Statistics 1996 Edition OECD Note: 1995-96 figures are provisional until publication of British Aid Statistics. Multilateral aid consists UN, EC and other.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
4915; 285 c563-4W;285 c565-6W
Session
1996-97
Subjects
Development aid Israel Syria Middle East Egypt Lebanon Jordan
Contains statistics
Yes