§ Mr. Skeetasked the Lord Privy Seal what information he has received from the Organisation for European Cooperation and Development on the total amount of aid allocated by the United 46W States of America, France, Great Britain and West Germany to overseas territories since 1956; what percentage the figures represent of the respective gross national product; and what percentage of the total was contributed from public and private sources.
§ Mr. P. ThomasOrganisation for European Co-operation and Development statistics show that in the calendar years 1956 to 1961 the total flow of official assistance to and private investment in developing countries amounted to $22,485 million in the case of the United States of America, $7,378 million in that of France, $3,701 million in that of Germany and $4,880 million in that of the United Kingdom. The following table gives the other information requested for 1961, the most recent year for which firm figures are available.
— (a) Official aid as per cent. of Gross National Product (b) Private Investment in developing countries as per cent. of Gross National Product Total of (a) and (b) United of America 0.71 0.25 0.97 France 1.82 0.59 2.41 United Kingdom 0.67 0.64 1.32 Germany 0.85 0.31 1.17