Under-Developed Countries (Aid)

HC Deb 21 May 1963 vol 678 c20W

52. Mr. Ridley

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of British aid to under-developed countries was tied to the purchase of goods and services in the United Kingdom during 1962.

Mr. Barber

Twenty-six per cent. of our capital aid to under-developed countries in 1962 was tied, under Section 3 of the Export Guarantees Acts, to the purchase of goods in the United Kingdom.