Sierra Leone: Overseas Aid

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what financial aid was given to Sierra Leone in (a) 2002 and (b) each subsequent year.

Mr. Thomas
Information on UK aid to Sierra Leone is available in the DFID publication ‘Statistics on International Development 2007’. This publication is available online at:

www.dfid.gov.uk.

Relevant figures are reproduced in the table as follows:

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|£000   |
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|       |Total bilateral gross public expenditure (GPEX) to Sierra Leone|Of which: Financial aid to Sierra Leone|
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|2002-03|32,190|11,566|
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|2003-04|34,280|13,419|
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|2004-05|27,431|13,408|
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|2005-06|34,208|16,741|
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|2006-07|37,696|13,287|
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The non-financial aid element of GPEX is made up of technical assistance, humanitarian assistance, debt relief, other DFID bilateral aid and aid from other official UK sources. The imputed share of UK multilateral Official Development Assistance between 2001 and 2005 can be seen in the following table:

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|    |Sierra Leone (£000)|
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|2001|12,030             |
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|2002|4,294              |
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|2003|6,849              |
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|2004|9,120              |
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|2005|11,736             |
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