HC Deb 25 January 1973 vol 849 cc223-5W
Mr. Roper

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

financial help to shopkeepers, traders and businessmen; and if he will indicate in each month the number of applications received, the number agreed, the number declined and the number still pending; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. David Howell

The following table gives the information for advance payments to shopkeepers, traders and businessmen under the Emergency Finance Scheme between 1st April and 31st December 1972. Payments are advances of compensation which may ultimately be awarded under the Criminal Injuries Acts (Northern Ireland) 1956–1970. Responsibility for the Emergency Finance Office has been transferred from the Ministry of Finance to the Ministry of Home Affairs where it is being amalgamated with that Ministry's Criminal Injuries Branch.

if he will publish a table in the OFFICIAL REPORT showing the contributions made to the United Nations Development Programme in 1972, the contributions pledged for 1973, and the percentage increase, for those members of the European Community who have made an increase in their pledged contribution and a similar table for those members who have made a decrease.

Mr. Wood

The following table contains a list of those member countries of the European Economic Community who have pledged an increased contribution to the United Nations Development Programme in 1973. The figures show the dollar equivalents of their 1972 contributions to the programme, their pledged

Contribution to UNDP for 1972 Contribution to UNDP pledged for 1973 Percentage Increase
$ millions $ millions
Denmark … … 21.42 24.71 15.33
Federal Republic of Germany … … 15.09 17.92 18.75
Netherlands … … 13.75 15.12 10.00
France … … 5.92 6.99 18.74
Italy … … 4.00 5.00 25.00
Belgium … … 3.88 4.82 24.22
Ireland … … 0.28 0.38 33.33
Luxembourg … … 0.045 0.054 20.00

No member Government of the Community has reduced its contribution to the United Nations Development Programme in 1973. The United Kingdom pledged £8 million to the programme in 1973 and thus maintained the level of its 1972 contribution. Fluctuations in exchange rates reduced the dollar equivalent of the sum at the time the pledge was made from $19.9 million to $18.8 million.

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