§ Mr. WallaceTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what information he has on the per capital amount, in pounds sterling, spent on overseas aid by each member state of the EEC, the USA, Canada, Sweden, Norway and Japan, in the most recent financial year for which information is available;
(2) what information he has regarding the percentage of gross national product spent on overseas aid by each member state of the EEC, the USA, Canada, Sweden. Norway and Japan in the most recent financial year for which information is available.
§ Mr. Chris PattenComparative figures are available only on a calendar year basis and, in so far as member states of the European Community are concerned, in respect of the eight EC countries which belong to the OECD's development assistance committee (DAC). The information for 1987 is as follows:
Net official development assistance 1987 1Per capita 2£ sterling As a percentage of GNP Belgium 43 0.49 Canada 45 0.46 Denmark 102 0.88 France 73 0.75 Germany 44 0.39 Ireland 9 0.20 Italy 26 0.32 Japan 37 0.31 Netherlands 88 0.98 Norway 130 1.10 Sweden 97 0.85 United Kingdom 20 0.28 United States of America 22 0.20 1 The population figures used are those for 1986, as given in the DAC 1987 Development Corporation Report. 2 OECD figures are published in dollars and have been converted to sterling at the 1987 annual average exchange rate of $1 =£0.6102.