§ Mr. Frank Hooleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the gross amount of overseas aid as a percentage of total public expenditure in each of the years 1978–79 to 1981–82, accepting for this purpose the forward estimates of public expenditure given in Command Paper No. 7049.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettIncluding repayments of principal from earlier loans expected to be spent each year, the gross amount of overseas aid as a percentage of total programmed expenditure plus the Contingency Reserve is as follows: 1978–79, 1.26; 1979–80, 1.30; 1980–81, 1.35; 1981–82, 1.41.