asked the Secretary of State for Energy what plans he has to discuss the north-west's future energy requirements with business and local authority leaders.

The Government's approach to energy takes full account of the requirements of the

	Gross aid programme (£ million)	Percentage of GNP at market prices	Multilateral (percentage)	Country programmes (percentage)	Other (percentage)
1978–79	764	0·44	27	61	12
1979–80	834	0·40	29	57	14
1980–81	968	0·41	29	58	13
1981–82	1,016	0·39	38	49	13
1982–83	1,033	0·36	42	46	12
1983–84	1,100	0·36	46	40	14
1984–85	1,165	0·35	43	42	15
1985–86	1,193	0·33	42	43	15
1986–87	1,266	0·33	41	45	14

Figures for 1986–87 are estimates based on provision in the Spring Supplementary Estimates for the Overseas Aid Vote; the GNP for 1986–87 has been estimated from information in the "Financial Statement and Budget Report 1987–88".

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what were the amounts of aid

(£ million)
	Project aid	Programme aid	Technical co-operation	Budgetary aid	Aid and trade provision
1978–79	195	153	171	15	12
1979–80	186	120	212	9	29
1980–81	325	67	220	9	26
1981–82	239	71	218	9	53