HC Deb 24 July 1972 vol 841 cc202-3W
35. Dr. Trafford

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the present level of overseas aid given annually by Great Britain in official and unofficial aid, respectively.

Mr. Wood

Net flows of official aid in the calendar year 1971 were £235.4 million. Net flows of private investment and export credits in 1971 are provisionally estimated at about £415 million. The Government last November published. in Cmnd. 4829, their plans for increasing the official aid programme up to 1975–76.

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