asked Her Majesty's Government:
How much has each of the priority countries been allocated from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Global Opportunities Fund in the 2005-06 and 2006-07 budget; and which of the six themes received a budget line in each country.[HL6415]
In 2005-06, there were six programmes within the Global Opportunities Fund (GOF), each with its own priority countries. These are listed below, together with the amount spent in each of the priority countries. This does not include regional and multilateral initiatives that operated across a number of priority countries.
For 2006-07, the GOF has expanded to 10 programmes with the addition of the Afghanistan counter-narcotics programme, the overseas territories programme, the drugs and crime programme and the migration programme.
In many cases, there is no fixed allocation to priority countries at the beginning of the financial year. Decisions on allocation of programme funds are made by project selection boards, on the basis of project bids, which are assessed against programme strategies. Furthermore, initial allocations to projects within priority countries may change throughout the year for a range of reasons, such as activities being less expensive than anticipated. It is therefore not possible to give figures for allocations to priority countries at this stage in the financial year.
Country Amount spent Afghanistan £1,041,329 Algeria £7,433 Indonesia £952,778 Kenya £612,541 Morocco £69,012 Pakistan £100,552 Saudi Arabia £784,035 Yemen £778,917 Azerbaijan £62,286 Bangladesh £6,725 Egypt £198,324 Jordan £81,868 Kuwait £31,100 Lebanon £33,385 Libya £3,618 Malaysia £215,202 Philippines £226,436 Somalia £127,828 Sudan £55,276 Thailand £89,475 Turkey £157,831 United Arab Emirates £9,862 Bahrain £13,973 Cambodia £192,952 Ethiopia £4,471 Singapore £14,531 Tanzania £10,503
Country Amount spent Angola £82,169 Brazil £169,887 China £305,239 India £656,468 Kazakhstan £268,622 Mexico £130,525 Nigeria £64,278 Russia £331,614 South Africa £105,433
Country Amount spent Argentina £411,804 Brazil £307,062 China £468,334 India £398,279 Mexico £430,640 Nigeria £218,911 Philippines £270,268 Russia £631,979 South Africa £423,277
Country Amount spent Afghanistan £802,915 Azerbaijan £33,000 Bahrain £161,221 Egypt £372,388 Indonesia £626,603 Iran £206,632 Jordan £659,052 Kenya £56,784 Kuwait £866 Lebanon £285,141 Libya £256,083 Malaysia £1,639 Morocco £477,538 Nigeria £245,862 Oman £110,773 Pakistan £374,613 Palestine £162,649 Philippines £165,760 Qatar £11,443 Saudi Arabia £204,789 Senegal £8,462 Singapore £7,552 Sudan £105,587 Syria £42,208 Thailand £96,877 UAE £ 116,042 Yemen £494,137
Country Amount spent Romania £802,321 Turkey £639,404 Bulgaria £412,940 Croatia £515,662 Cyprus £462,436 Ukraine £395,512 Serbia and Montenegro, including Kosovo £437,997
Country Amount spent Argentina £111,945 Brazil £341,706 Burma £41,340 Cameroon £117,371 Caribbean region £108,304 China £502,514 Colombia £145,850 Guatemala £36,338 India £287,849 Kazakhstan £108,713 Malaysia £142,762 Mexico £270,286 Nigeria £116,090 Russia £209,275 South Africa £171,158 Thailand £78,715 Vietnam £134,179