§ 96. Mr. KnapmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he 45W has about the size of private aid flows to the Third world from other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries, in relation to those from the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Chris PattenComparative figures for grants to developing countries by voluntary agencies, which are the only type of net private aid flow recorded, are available only for the 18 member countries of the OECD's development assistance committee and, most recently, for 1986.
Following is the information:
Voluntary Grants £ million Australia 27 Austria 13 Belgium 16 Canada 120 Denmark 8 Finland 19 France 57 Germany 372 Ireland 14 Italy 8 Japan 56 Netherlands 95 New Zealand 5 Norway 39 Sweden 58 Switzerland 45 United States of America 1,196 In the same year the figure for grants from British voluntary agencies was £119 million, while total net private flows from the United Kingdom to developing countries stood at £2,916 million.