§ Mr. William Sheltonasked the Lord Privy Seal what were the total funds granted to the Overseas Development Adminstration each year for the past five years; and what is the projected expenditure for the current year and 1980.
§ Mr. HurdNet provision and outturn for the five financial years to 1978–79 and projected expenditure for 1979–80 and 1980–81 is as follows:
£million Government Aid Vote Year Provision Outturn 1974–75 … … … 334.6 324.7 1975–76 … … … 443.6 427.6 1976–77 … … … 515.8 495.5 1977–78 … … … 623.1 600.2 1978–79 … … … 713.8 722.7 1979–80 … … … 790.1 1980–81 … … … 782 (at 1979 survey prices)
Overseas Aid Administration Vote 1974–75 … … … 6.739 7.0 1975–76 … … … 9.4 9.4 1976–77 … … … 10.6 9.7 1977–78 … … … 11.2 10.5 1978–79 … … … 11.7 11.8 1979–80 … … … 14.1 1980–81 … … … 14.7* (at 1979 survey prices) *provisional only
§ Mr. William Sheltonasked the Lord Privy Seal how many students have been given assistance by the Overseas Development Adminstration to study in the United Kingdom; what were the funds used for this purpose; and what were the countries of origin of these students, for each of the past five years, with estimates for the current year and 1980.
§ Mr. HurdNumbers of students and trainees assisted by the Overseas Development Adminstration, with the related expenditures from technical co-operation funds, were as follows:
£ 1974 … … 14,700 12,211,000 1975 … … 14,779 15,759,000 1976 … … 15,690 18,019,000 1977 … … 14,615 20,492,000 1978 … … 14,387 24,301,000 This information is broken down, by country, in the United Kingdom aid memorandum (statistical annexe part 2 124W technical co-operation) submitted to the development assistance committee of the OECD); copies are in the House of Commons Library.
Provisional figures for the financial year 1979–80 are as follows:
12,300 £35,400,000
Country allocations are not yet complete.
Financial provision for 1980–81 has not yet been determined.