To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether there are departmental guidelines regarding the ratio of aid and trade provision grants to the total cost of the aid and trade provision supported contract.

Grants from the aid and trade provision are made in accordance with OECD consensus rules and thus currently cover a minimum of 50 per cent. of the United Kingdom content of the contract for least-developed countries and a minimum of 35 per cent. of the United Kingdom content of the contract for other developing countries.