Written question asked by Ann Clwyd (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 July 1995. It was answered by Jeremy Hanley (Conservative) on Monday, 17 July 1995 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Question

When his Department received a formal request from DTI to appraise the radio studios rehabilitation project in Indonesia; on what date his Department completed its appraisal of the project; whom his Department engaged to appraise the project; on what dates visits were made to the radio studios for the purposes of the appraisal and by whom the visits were made; at the time of the economic appraisal what were (i) the "present value" of the benefits and (ii) the "present value" of the costs of the project; how the actual costs and benefits compared with those foreseen at the time of appraisal; what view his Department takes of the record in relation to freedom of expression of (a) the Department responsible for the project and (b) the project beneficiary; what factors were taken into account in assessing whether the project represented value for money; on what date the Treasury gave its consent to the project; on what date the project was approved by the Sub-Committee for Aid and Trade; on what date the project was approved by the Minister; what considerations caused his Department to separate the project from the Bandung TV studio project; what was (1) the approved cash cost and (2) the actual cost of the project; in what respect and to what extent the project benefited the poorest people in Indonesia; and what were (x) the projected completion date and (y) the actual completion date of the project; and similar information requested further to 261 c631W, radio transmitters project; 262 c802W, Ministry of Forestry radio communication, and 261 c567W, Samarinda power station - Answers covering such a wide range of issues could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

34709; 263 c955-7W

Session

1994-95

Subjects

Development aid Cost benefit analysis Electricity generation Forests Engineering Protection Power stations Radio Indonesia Timor-Leste Technical assistance Aid financed trade

Contains statistics

Yes