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Welsh Language

Volume 134: debated on Monday 23 May 1988

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To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what is his policy with regard to dealing with

Gross United Kingdom multilateral aid through EC to SADCC countries 1980–86
£ thousand
1980198119821983198419851986
Angola1103402403901,5101,290
Botswana6607402603301,180500
Lesotho5107601,0108501,3001,340
Malawi2,3001,5201,6208902,5101,970
Mozambique7801,1506102,2803,6904,560
Swaziland8602803007001,070360
Tanzania2,8104,4204,5004,1605,5205,380
Zambia2,2603,0004,5301,2904,1405,220
Zimbabwe1,1003801,5401,5904,470700
Total11,39012,59014,61012,48025,39021,32020,000

Note: Figures for 1979 are not available; 1986 figures are not yet available in detail.

Source: ODA estimates using OECD statistics.

Gross United Kingdom multilateral aid through EC to SADCC countries 1980–86 at 1987 prices £ thousand

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

Angola1704603004701,7301,400
Botswana1,0001,0003303901,350540
Lesotho7701,0301,2701,0201,4901,450
Malawi3,4702,0602,0401,0602,8802,130
Mozambique1,1801,5607702,7204,2304,940
Swaziland1,3003803808401,230390

those individuals and bodies in Wales who wish to communicate with his Department through the medium of the Welsh language.

[holding answer 20 May 1988]: It is the practice of my Department's Companies Registration Office, Cardiff to respond in the Welsh language: more generally, my Department communicates in the English language except where it is considered appropriate and practical to do otherwise.