§ Mr. Shoreasked the Lord Privy Seal what has been the amount of official aid paid to developing countries by all aid donors and by the United Kingdom, separately, in each year since 1970; and what has been the increased cost of imported oil paid by developing countries in the same period.
§ Mr. Neil MartenThe value of official development assistance—excluding aid from the Communist bloc—since 1970 has been as follows:
US $ million OECD OPEC United Kingdom Development Assistance Committee 1970 6,807 Not available 485 1971 7,681 Not available 628 1972 8,538 Not available 673 1973 9,351 1,308 649 1974 11,610 3,446 787 1975 13,840 5,517 904 1976 13,947 5,595 885 1977 15,722 5,847 1,114 1978 19,986 4,338 1,465 1979 22,413 6,181 2,104 1980 26,708 6,999 1,781 The value of imports of crude petroleum and petroleum products by developing market economies since 1970 has been as follows:
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US$ million 1970 3,945 1971 5,016 1972 5,865 1973 9,133 1974 24,363 1975 27,684 1976 32,340 1977 35,375 1978 36,521 1979 N/A* 1980 N/A* * Not yet available.
§ Mr. Shoreasked the Lord Privy Seal what percentage of gross national product, and what amount in United States dollars, the United Kingdom has contributed to official overseas aid programmes in each year since 1970; and what was the comparable amount contributed by the Soviet Union over the same period.
§ Mr. Neil MartenThe value of United Kingdom official development assistance since 1970 and the percentage of gross national product represented, are as follows:
United Kingdom Net Official Development Assistance US$ million per cent. of GNP 1970 485 0.39 1971 628 0.45 1972 673 0.42 1973 649 0.36 1974 787 0.40 1975 904 0.39 1976 885 0.40 1977 1,114 0.45 1978 1,465 0.47 1979 2,104 0.52 1980 1,781 0.34 In view of the difficulty in obtaining reliable information on the level and concessionality of Soviet aid over the same period, I shall write to the right hon. Gentleman about this aspect of his question, but the OECD development assistance committee has published the following figures for 1979 and 1980:
US$ million per cent, of GNP 1979 1,403 0.13 1980 1,580 0.14