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Mrs. Gillan
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list all bilateral aid to each of the dependent territories in (a) 1995–96, (b) 1996–97 and (c) 1997–98. [78037]
Clare Short
UK Bilateral Gross Public Expenditure on Aid (GPEX) to UK Overseas Territories in the specified years was as follows:
| £000 | |||
| 1995–96 | 1996–97 | 1997–98 | |
| Anguilla | 1,810 | 1,367 | 2,520 |
| Bermuda | 30 | 57 | 30 |
| British Virgin Islands | 678 | 1,096 | 604 |
| Cayman Islands | 46 | 26 | 13 |
| Falkland Islands | 19 | 4 | 2 |
| Gibraltar | 118 | 163 | 192 |
| Montserrat | 6,568 | 14,452 | 38,317 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 2,788 | 3,198 | 2,569 |
| St. Helena and Dependencies | 9,267 | 7,991 | 8,765 |
| Pitcairn Islands | 203 | 160 | 76 |
| Total, UK Overseas Territories | 21,527 | 28,513 | 53,087 |
| People in residential care homes by age, local authority supported residents and income support claimants with preserved rights in residential care | |||||
| People in residential care | Local Authority supported residents | Income support claimants1 | |||
| Age band | 31 March 1996 | 31 March 1996 | 31 March 1998 | February 1996 | August 1998 |
| 18–64 | 59,983 | 37,047 | 43,396 | 37,000 | 32,000 |
| 65–74 | 27,420 | 13,655 | 14,949 | 10,000 | 8,000 |
| 75–84 | 82,503 | 42,595 | 48,095 | 18,000 | 10,000 |
| 85 and over | 130,358 | 59,867 | 73,100 | 30,000 | 17,000 |
| 1 Numbers do not include claimants in nursing homes or those income support claimants who are paid a residential allowance and have their fees met by the local authority or themselves. | |||||
Source:
DH annual statistical returns (RAC5, SR1) and DSS Income Support Statistics Quarterly Enquiry