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Mr. Grocott
asked the Minister of Overseas Development if she will list the amount of aid given to the Sudan during the last financial year giving details of the various projects supported
Mr. Tomlinson
The most recent figure for total British aid to the Sudan in the financial year 1977–78 is £5,164,000. This figure is provisional and may yet increase as final accounts are drawn up. £2,772,000 of this total was capital aid, of which £1,545,000 was in grant form and £1,227,000 on loan terms; £2,392,000 was disbursed in technical co-operationOverall commitments to the major projects—capital aid and technical cooperation—are shown in the table below:
| £ | |
| 1. Wad Medani-Sennar-Kosti Road | 13,500,000 |
| 2. Imatong Mountains Forestry Development | 3,010,000 |
| 3. Northern Provinces Pumps Schemes | 2,790,000 |
| 4. South Darfur Rural Development Project | 2,000,000 |
| 5. South Kordofam Agricultural Mechanisation and Rural Planning Projects | 1,050,000 |
| 6. Red Sea Fisheries Development (Pilot project, artisanal fisheries development, and shrimp survey) | 1,003,000 |
| 7. Southern Region Grain Stores | 722,000 |
| 8. Agricultural Bank Stores | 700,000 |
| 9. Animal Production Research | 650,000 |
| 10. Southern Region Agricultural Rehabilitation (including Feeder Roads component) | 625,000 |
| 11. Assistance to Livestock and Meat Marketing Commission | 550,000 |