International Development written question – answered at on 19 September 2002.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her answers of 9 May, 2002, Official Report, column 290W, on humanitarian assistance (Middle East), what the UK contribution to European Union and World Bank activities in the Territories Controlled by the Palestinian Authority was in each of the past 10 years, broken down by (a) monetary value, (b) percentage of activity total and (c) percentage of her Department's annual spending total; and if she will make a statement.
The UK contribution to the European Commission is given in the table:
Year | UK share of EC assistance to Palestinians (£ millions) | UK share as percentage of total EC Palestinian Activities | UK share as a percentage of UK Official Development Assistance |
---|---|---|---|
1994 | 12.8 | 15.0 | 0.6 |
1995 | 15.3 | 16.0 | 0.8 |
1996 | 11.5 | 14.5 | 0.6 |
1997 | 12.9 | 14.3 | 0.7 |
1998 | 14.7 | 19.1 | 0.8 |
1999 | 15.4 | 17.8 | 0.8 |
2000 | 26.8 | 19.0 | 1.2 |
Year | UK Share of World Bank Disbursements to the West Bank and Gaza Strip (£ millions) | UK share as a percentage of the World Bank's Trust Fund for the West Bank and Gaza Strip | UK share as a percentage of UK Official Development Assistance |
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1995 | 0.4 | 5 | 0.02 |
1996 | 0.7 | 5 | 0.04 |
1997 | 1.4 | 5 | 0.08 |
1998 | 1.7 | 5 | 0.09 |
1999 | 0.9 | 5 | 0.04 |
2000 | 1.2 | 5 | 0.05 |
2001 | 1.0 | 5 | 0.04 |
The European Commission (EC) and World Bank programmes did not commence until 1994 and 1995 respectively. EC Data for 2001 has not yet been confirmed. The figures are calculated using approximate exchange rates for Euros and US Dollars. The percentage figure for our share of World Bank spending is an average of the various Bank instruments.
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