§ Mr. Brocklebank-Fowlerasked the Minister of Overseas Development if she would publish in the Official Report a table of figures showing total aid disbursements and administrative costs for disbursements for her Department, the
AID DISBURSEMENTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 ODM—Disbursements (£m) … 264.7 276.1 274.1 339.2 422.6 Administrative Costs (£m) … 4.2 4.7 5.3 7.0 9.4 EDF—Disbursements* ($m) … 180.1 184.6 181.5 199.6 259.3 Administrative Costs … No figures available IDA—Disbursements† ($m) … 261.0 493.0 711.0 1,026.0 1,252.0 Administrative Costs† ($m) … 29.1 30.9 43.2 47.6 62.8 DAC—Disbursements‡ ($m) … 7,759.3 8,671.5 9,350.7 11,316.8 13,585.3 Administrative Costs‡ ($m) … 120.0 138.4 180.6 196.6 n.a. IBRD—Disbursements† ($m) … 1,182.0 1,180.0 1,533.0 1,995.0 2,470.0 Administrative Costs† ($m) … 66.3 78.6 91.0 109.9 122.3 * Contributions from DAC donors only. Source: DAC Chairman's reports. †Source: World Bank Annual Reports. ‡Source: DAC Chairman's reports. Since the DAC is not itself an aid disbursing agency and the component figures for administrative costs differ from country to country, those figures must be treated with caution. Disbursements are net official development assistance.