§ Mr. Bowen Wellsasked the Lord Privy Seal what was the value of development assistance from the United Kingdom and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and what was the value of exports from developing countries to the United Kingdom and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in the latest year for which figures of both are available.
§ Mr. Neil MartenThe latest year for which information is available on OECD aid and trade with developing countries is 1979. The information is as follows:
United Kingdom $ million OECD Total Net official development assistance to developing countries and multilateral agencies 2,067 *22,375 Imports (c. f. f.) from developing countries** 20,044 348,562 of which from OPEC countries (6,467) (166,430) * Net flows from members of the development assistance committee of the OECD: excludes Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain and Turkey. ** Import statistics have been given in the absence of export statistics from all developing countries. Greece, Portugal, Spain and Turkey are classified as developing countries. The total therefore includes imports from them and excludes imports by them.