HC Deb 05 March 1975 vol 887 cc454-6W
Mr. Hicks

asked the Minister of Overseas Development what, for each year since 1970, have been the financial amounts, expressed as £ sterling, allocated by Governments of all OECD countries for overseas aid; what have been the equivalent amounts given by the private sectors; and what these figures represent individually, and when added together, as percentages of each country's gross national product.

Mrs. Hart

It is not possible to provide information on flows from those OECD members not represented on the Development Assistance Committee. However, the levels of official and private flows—with the official development assistance element of the former shown separately—for each of the 18 members of the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development are given below. Each figure is also expressed in percentage GNP terms.

Official Development Assistance Other Official Flows Private Flows Total Flows
Country Year £m. Per cent. of GNP £m. Per cent. of GNP £m. Per cent. of GNP £m. Per cent. of GNP
Austria … … 1970 4 0.07 4 0.06 32 0.53 40 0.67
1971 5 0.07 -2 -0.02 35 0.51 38 0.56
1972 7 0.09 -0 -0.01 38 0.47 45 0.55
1973 16 0.14 0 0.00 43 0.38 59 0.52
Belgium … … 1970 50 0.46 0 0.00 78 0.73 129 1.19
1971 60 0.50 0 0.00 70 0.58 130 1.09
1972 77 0.55 5 0.04 79 0.57 162 1.16
1973 96 0.51 2 0.01 109 0.58 207 1.10
Canada … … 1970 144 0.42 24 0.07 95 0.28 263 0.77
1971 161 0.42 25 0.06 194 0.51 380 1.00
1972 197 0.47 46 0.11 164 0.39 406 0.98
1973 210 0.43 31 0.06 209 0.44 450 0.93
Denmark … … 1970 25 0.38 -1 -0.02 12 0.18 36 0.54
1971 31 0.43 1 0.01 25 0.35 57 0.79
1972 38 0.45 1 0.01 9 0.10 48 0.57
1973 53 0.47 0 0.00 25 0.23 80 0.70
France … … 1970 405 0.66 12 0.02 348 0.57 764 1.24
1971 442 0.66 21 0.03 205 0.31 667 1.00
1972 528 0.67 9 0.01 296 0.38 832 1.06
1973 607 0.58 32 0.03 503 0.48 1,142 1.10
Germany … … 1970 250 0.32 55 0.07 315 0.40 620 0.79
1971 302 0.34 67 0.08 418 0.47 787 0.88
1972 323 0.31 59 0.06 320 0.31 702 0.68
1973 449 0.32 94 0.07 187 0.13 730 0.51
Italy … … 1970 61 0.16 12 0.03 211 0.54 284 0.73
1971 75 0.18 50 0.12 233 0.56 358 0.86
1972 41 0.09 59 0.13 176 0.37 276 0.58
1973 78 0.14 140 0.25 45 0.07 263 0.46
Japan … … 1970 191 0.23 289 0.35 280 0.34 760 0.92
1971 210 0.23 268 0.29 402 0.43 880 0.95
1972 244 0.21 342 0.29 503 0.43 1,089 0.93
1973 412 0.25 481 0.28 1,491 0.88 2,383 1.42
Netherlands … 1970 82 0.61 6 0.05 91 0.68 179 1.34
1971 89 0.58 1 0.01 90 0.59 180 1.18
1972 123 0.67 2 0.01 164 0.90 288 1.59
1973 131 0.54 6 0.02 112 0.47 250 1.03
New Zealand … 1970 6 0.23 3 0.13 1 0.02 10 0.38
1971 7 0.23 3 0.09 1 0.03 11 0.36
1972 8 0.25 2 0.06 2 0.07 13 0.38
1973 11 0.24 2 0.04 3 0.07 16 0.35
Norway … … 1970 15 0.32 — — 12 0.26 28 0.59
1971 17 0.33 0 0.01 9 0.16 27 0.50
1972 25 0.43 1 0.01 -4 -0.06 22 0.38
1973 36 0.46 — — 4 0.04 40 0.50
Portugal … … 1970 17 0.67 6 0.22 7 0.26 30 1.16
1971 41 1.42 8 0.28 12 0.42 60 2.11
1972 61 1.79 21 0.62 6 0.18 89 2.59
1973 25 0.59 54 1.26 17 0.40 96 2.25
Sweden … … 1970 49 0.38 — — 47 0.36 96 0.74
1971 65 0.44 — — 35 0.23 100 0.67
1972 79 0.48 — — 30 0.18 109 0.66
1973 112 0.56 — — 34 0.17 147 0.73
Switzerland … 1970 13 0.15 -2 -0.02 47 0.54 57 0.67
1971 12 0.12 0 0.00 90 0.89 101 1.00
1972 26 0.21 1 0.01 44 0.36 71 0.58
1973 27 0.16 2 0.01 93 0.55 122 0.72
United Kingdom … 1970 186 0.37 3 0.00 328 0.65 517 1.03
1971 231 0.41 5 0.01 355 0.63 591 1.05
1972 243 0.39 4 0.01 353 0.57 600 0.97
1973 246 0.35 17 0.02 169 0.24 432 0.61
United States … 1970 1,271 0.31 70 0.02 1,247 0.30 2,588 0.63
1971 1,366 0.32 74 0.02 1,391 0.32 2,831 0.66
1972 1,339 0.29 78 0.02 1,610 0.35 3,027 0.66
1973 1,210 0.23 194 0.04 1,999 0.37 3,403 0.64