HC Deb 14 March 1968 vol 760 cc361-2W
Sir M. Stoddart-Scott

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the gross national product in 1967 and in each of the preceding five years was paid to undeveloped countries; and how

Mr. Hoy

Separate figures for imports of these types of Pacific salmon are not available. Total quantities and values of frozen salmon imported into the United Kingdom, and imports from the countries where most Pacific salmon originate, are as follows:

much each year was spent in the United Kingdom by the recipients on armaments, and on other purposes.

Mr. Diamond

Total United Kingdom official aid (both economic and military) to the developing countries represented the following percentages of net national income in the years 1962–66:

1962 0.7 per cent
1963 0.7 per cent.
1964 0.8 per cent.
1965 0.7 per cent.
1966 0.7 per cent.

The figure for 1967 is expected to be 0.6 per cent. Assistance for military purposes was of the order of 0.07 per cent. of net national income in the years in question. The major part of our aid was therefore economic assistance for civil development purposes. About two-thirds of this was spent on British goods and services, and the greater part of military aid was provided for the purchase in the United Kingdom of defence equipment.