HC Deb 28 November 1969 vol 792 cc164-5W
Mr. Judd

asked the Minister of Overseas Development if she will set out in the OFFICIAL REPORT the latest estimates for official flows (net), private investment (net) and export credits (net) to developing countries in 1968 in cash terms and as a percentage of the gross national product; and if she will give the reason for any revisions from previously published figures.

Mrs. Hart

The Table below gives the figures for net official and private flows as published in "British Aid Statistics" (Table 5) compared with the latest

AID FLOWS 1968
(£ million)
British Aid Statistics Current Estimate
Per cent. Per cent.
G.N.P. G.N.P.
Net Official Flows … 178.1 0.42 178.5 0.42
Net Private Flows
Investment … 79.0 79.0
Guaranteed Export Credits … 78.9 63.1
Total Private Flows … 157.9 0.37 142.1 0.33
TOTAL FLOWS … 336.0 0.79 320.6 0.75