§ Mr. Formanasked the Minister of Overseas Development how much and what proportion in percentage terms of the total official aid budget was taken up in administrative costs (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) in the recipient countries in the latest full year for which figures are available.
§ Mrs. HartFor the financial year 1976–77 the figures under (a) were £8,640,000 and 1.7 per cent. and under (b) £1,265,000 and 0.25 per cent. These represent costs met by my Department. In addition, the Diplomatic Service and
Net Disbursements (£'000) Percentage of total bilateral official development assistance Developing countries of per capita income of: (a) $280 or less … … 173,387 54 (b) More than $280 … … 106,040 33 The balance of bilateral disbursements (£42,129,000) was to regional and other organisations and was not allocated to specific countries.