§ Mr. Clinton Davisasked the Lord Privy Seal what provision Her Majesty's Government will be making to the United Nations aid agencies for 1981–82; and how that figure compares with each of the years 1978–79, 1979–80 and 1980–81, measured in constant prices.
§ Mr. Neil MartenThe 1981–82 Estimates for overseas aid—Class II, 10—seek provision for contributions to United Nations agencies totalling £45.368 million—£42.4 million in 1980 survey prices. Aid programme contributions for previous years, expressed on the same price basis, are as follows:
£m: 1980 survey prices 1978–79 outturn 1979–80 outturn 1980–81 provisional outturn 79.580 58.710 50.090