Written question asked by Andrew Rowe (Conservative) on Monday, 19 March 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 26 March 2001. It was answered by Clare Short (Labour) on Monday, 26 March 2001 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Dept for International Development

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid the Government gives to Sudan. - Including table.

Answer: Mr. Rowe: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much aid the Government gives to Sudan. [154904] Clare Short: Our support to Sudan is designed to meet urgent humanitarian needs. A small proportion is also spent on support for civil society and on international and grass roots efforts to build peace. In the last five years the UK has provided the following amounts of aid to Sudan: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £000 1995-96 5,996 1996-97 4,534 1997-98 5,677 1998-99 24,201 1999-2000 3,231 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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