Written question asked by Robert Hicks (Conservative), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 22 January 1997. It was answered by Liam Fox (Conservative) on Wednesday, 22 January 1997 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

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Question: If he will list for each year since 1991 the total aid support for Yemen, indicating the amount spent on (a) bilateral aid, (b) emergency aid, (c) pensions and (d) the United Kingdom contribution to multi-lateral aid programmes. - Tables given.

Answer: Sir Robert Hicks: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list for each year since 1991 the total aid support for Yemen, indicating the amount spent on (a) bilateral aid, (b) emergency aid, (c) pensions and (d) the United Kingdom contribution to multilateral aid programmes. [11683] Dr. Fox: Aid to Yemen since 1991 has been as follows: Total aid to Yemen 1990-91--1995-96 £ thousand _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 Total bilateral aid{1} 5,296 4,984 7,707 4,053 4,410 1,477 of which: Emergency aid -- -- 74 89 672 -- Pensions 488 461 434 518 371 887 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Source: British Aid Statistics 1996 edition. £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Total multilateral aid{1} 2 3 3.3 2.7 2.4 of which: EC 0.2 0.2 1.0 0.6 0.4 UN 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.3 0.5 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Source: Multilateral share exercise.

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