Overseas Aid: Southern Africa

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is the value of the aid they have given to the Southern African Development Community countries in total in each of the past six years to the latest available date. [HL5390]

Details of the UK's bilateral assistance and imputed multilateral assistance to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and its member nations over the past six years for which data are available are laid out in the tables below.

*Table 1: UK Total Bilateral Gross Public Expenditure on Development to the Southern African Development Community and its Member Nations 2001-02 to 2006-07, (£thousands)*
Financial Year	Southern African Development Community	Southern African Development Community Member Nations
2001-02	3,453	529,495
2002-03	5,261	357,311
2003-04	3,940	579,322
2004-05	6,618	542,905
2005-06	8,601	528,897
2006-07	10,485	480,408

*Table 2: Imputed UK Share of Multilateral aid to SADC Member Nations for 2000 to 2005 (£ thousands)*
Calendar Year	Imputed aid
2000	81,727
2001	113,394
2002	103,671
2003	232,019
2004	153,896
2005	215,005

Volume 695: debated on Wednesday 10 October 2007