§ Mr. Juddasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details of the total expenditure, within the overseas aid vote, on research in each of the past 10 financial years; and whether he will also express these figures as a percentage of total aid expenditure in each of the same years.
§ Mr. WoodExpenditure on research, described as such in the Aid Votes, is shown below. Research is also undertaken under general programmes such as Overseas Service Aid Scheme and the Regional Programmes of technical assistance, but not all of this can be identified.
Expenditure (£ million) Percentage of Normal Aid Programme 1961–62 … 1.0 0.6 1962–63 … 2.0 1.3 1963–64 … 2.1 1.2 1964–65 … 2.1 1.1 1965–66 … 2.1 1.0 1966–67 … 2.4 1.1 1967–68 … 2.6 1.3 1968–69 … 3.1 1.5 1969–70 … 3.2 1.5 1970–71 (provisional) … 3.5 Not available