To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make a statement on the level of aid to East African countries in 1997. [30475]

The figures for calendar year 1997 are not yet available. However, it is expected that in the 1997–98 financial year the total amount of UK bilateral development assistance to the East African countries of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda will be over £100 million. This figure does not include the UK's share of multilateral development assistance to the region.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proportion of aid to East Africa is being used to finance Government-sponsored (a) public health projects and (b) education projects. [30476]

Calendar year figures for 1997 are not yet available. However, it is estimated that in 1997–98 financial year the proportion of UK bilateral development assistance to the East African countries of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda used to finance health and education improvements will be between 23 per cent. and 26 per cent. for each sector.