§ Mr. Nicholas WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will indicate the total United Kingdom expenditure upon overseas aid in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available from(a) Government sources, (b) other public sector sources and (c) private and charitable sources; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd[holding answer 11 June 1992]: Gross public expenditure on overseas aid (£ million) in 1981 to 1990 was as follows:
Total of which CDC 1 project aid 1981 1,184 68 1982 1,085 51 1983 1,174 56 1984 1,316 108 1985 1,324 79 1986 1,350 64 1987 1,295 63 1988 1,667 112 1989 1,793 151 1990 1,725 137 1 Commonwealth Development Corporation resources include Government loans and income from investments in developing countries.
Grants by voluntary agencies (£ million) in 1981–1990 to developing countries, net of the grants given to these agencies by the Government, was as follows: £ million 1981 47 1982 58 1983 67 1984 105 1985 132 1986 119 1987 126 1988 132 1989 150 1990 184