HC Deb 21 February 1967 vol 741 cc262-3W
Mr. Wood

asked the Minister of Overseas Development if he will state the percentages of national income, during the financial years 1964–65 and 1965–66, represented by Government aid to developing countries and by the new long-term movement of private capital to those countries, in accordance with the criteria agreed at the 1964 U.N.C.T.A.O. Conference, and the totals of national income, Government aid and private capital to which these percentages relate.

Mr. Bottomley

Estimates of private investment, export credits and the national income are only available on the basis of calendar years. The information asked for in respect of 1964 and 1965 is contained in the table below. Figures for 1966 are not yet available. The percentages given in line 7 of the table represent British performance in relation to the U.N.C.T.A.D. 1 per cent. target.

1964 1965
1. Net national product at factor cost (National Income) 26,593 28,279
2. Flow of official resources (net of amortization) 175 172
3. 2 as a percentage of 1 0.68 0.61
4. Estimated flow of private resources (net)* 143 151
5. 4 as a percentage of 1 0.56 0.53
6. Total flow of official and private resources 318 323
7. 6 as a percentage of 1 1.20 1.14

* Private Investment, net of disinvestment, plus the net change in the amount of private export credits under British official guarantee of over one year's maturity.