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Mr. Madden
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the total amount of aid to Bangladesh granted over each of the past three years.
Mrs. Chalker
Gross disbursements of bilateral official development assistance provided by the United Kingdom to Bangladesh over the calendar years 1987, 1988 and 1989 amounted to £31·6 million, £44·9 million and £52·9 million respectively. In addition the share of aid given through multilateral institutions, and attributed to the United Kingdom was £25·3 million in 1987 and £27·2 million in 1988. Figures for 1989 are not yet available.