Homeless Persons

Mr. Squire
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he is planning to discuss with the relevant co-ordinating council what the level of funding from his Department will be in respect of the international year of shelter for the homeless in 1987.

Mr. Raison
I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to the hon. Member for Houghton and Washington (Mr. Boyes) on 7 May columns 307–8. Funds under our bilateral aid programme are not allocated globally on a sectoral basis, but country by country in accordance with priorities between sectors as agreed with our aid recipients.