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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Answer

Mr. Martyn Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much of the United Kingdom aid programme was (a) directly and (b) indirectly devoted to promoting food production for local consumption; how much was devoted to promoting cash crop production for export; and what are these figures as a percentage of the total aid programme in each year since 1979. [18020] Dr. Liam Fox: ODA does not maintain data covering the specific information on food production and cash crop production in the form requested for the period 1979 to 1986. It would, therefore, not be possible to provide a detailed answer for the period 1979 to 1986 without disproportionate cost. However, from 1987-88 onwards the information requested as a percentage of the total bilateral aid programme is contained in the table. Promotion of food production under the UK bilateral aid programme _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Financial year New commitments devoted New commitments as a New commitments devoted New commitments as a to direct{1} promotion £ percentage of total to indirect{2} promotion percentage of total annual bilateral aid £ annual bilateral aid programme (direct) programme (indirect) 1987-88 147,732,000 18.72 38,333,634 4.86 1988-89 25,120,251 2.93 16,700,176 1.95 1989-90 48,508,063 4.84 22,278,657 2.22 1990-91 46,685,531 4.45 15,900,996 1.51 1991-92 53,206,595 4.95 24,688,720 2.30 1992-93 46,370,484 4.12 37,603,350 3.34 1993-94 53,621,729 4.64 15,699,531 1.36 1994-95 25,048,368 2.24 36,022,357 3.22 1995-96 30,348,874 2.76 22,485,344 2.04 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Direct promotion; any activity which has the promotion of food production for local consumption as a stated objective or output. {2} Indirect promotion; any activity which does not have an explicit objective to promote food production for local consumption. Promotion of cash crop production under the UK bilateral aid programme _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Financial year New commitments devoted New commitments as a New commitments devoted New commitments as a to direct{1} promotion £ percentage of total to indirect{2} promotion percentage of total annual bilateral aid £ annual bilateral aid programme (direct) programme (indirect) 1987-88 27,735,095 3.52 7,957,901 1.01 1988-89 3,143,623 0.37 5,814,928 0.68 1989-90 26,016,905 2.60 507,021 0.05 1990-91 349,391 0.03 946,866 0.09 1991-92 2,308,567 0.21 1,602,335 0.12 1992-93 19,454,644 1.72 4,117,628 0.37 1993-94 2,035,540 0.18 2,471,516 0.22 1994-95 2,360,001 0.21 3,284,624 0.29 1995-96 112,360 0.01 2,007,882 0.18 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Direct promotion; any activity which has the promotion of exports of cash crops as a stated objective or output. {2} Indirect promotion; any activity which does not have an explicit objective to increase the export of cash crops, but addresses crops that do have export potential.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

18020; 291 c542-3W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Agriculture Development aid Production

Contains statistics

Yes