HC Deb 15 May 1972 vol 837 c2W
34. Mr. Alexander W. Lyon

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the position of the United Kingdom in relation to the other donor countries of the Development Assistance Committee in respect of their aid contribution as a percentage of gross national product in each of the last three years.

Mr. Kershaw

Complete figures for 1971 are not available. In 1969 and 1970 our total financial flows were respectively, 1.03 per cent. and 1.02 per cent. of gross national product, compared with DAC averages of 0.75 per cent. and 0.74 per cent. Our official aid was respectively 0.39 per cent. and 0.37 per cent. of GNP against averages of 0.36 per cent. and 0.34 per cent.

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