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<p>In the last 5 years, the Government has provided specific financial assistance
to Anguilla in the following areas:</p><p>2014/15 (to date) - £65,000 from delegated
and Jubilee funding (funds administered by the Governor’s office, to support local
projects, technical exchanges and secondments). £114,000 for police training and equipment.</p><p>2013/14
– £3m grant provided for capital development projects, including the renovation of
local primary schools, a new fire station, road improvements and the purchase of new
police vehicles. £100,000 from delegated and Jubilee funding.</p><p>2012/13 – £120,000
for the establishment of a vocational training centre at the Anguilla Community College,
£300,000 for a prison expansion project and £35,000 for support on public expenditure
management.</p><p>2011/12 –£129,000 to assist the Government of Anguilla to identify
expenditure savings in the civil service and the health sector and to develop and
implement tax reforms. £60,000 from delegated funding. 2010/11 –£55,000 for a review
of Anguilla’s public financial management. £25,000 from delegated funding.</p><p>In
addition, Anguilla benefits from ongoing UK technical support and assistance across
the full range of policy areas, including regular Royal Navy deployments to the region,
eligibility for Chevening scholarships, investment in capacity building for the police,
prison and probation services and disaster management (approximately £98,000 over
the last five years), environmental management support (including a share of the £713,690
Darwin Plus environmental management programme) and ad hoc support on financial management,
renewable energy, education, early childhood development, health and domestic violence.
Anguilla also receives development assistance from the EU and the Caribbean Development
Bank, to which the UK is a major contributor.</p>
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