§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Minister of Overseas Development how the contribution of the United Kingdom to aid to developing countries compares with contributions made by each of the EEC 568W countries, together with contributions made by Norway, Sweden, Canada, the USA, Japan and the USSR, respectively.
§ Mrs. Hart:The latest available figures, for 1977, are as follows:
1977 $million Percentage of GNP EEC Members United Kingdom 914 0.37 Belgium 371 0.46 Denmark 258 0.61 France 2,267 0.60 Germany 1,386 0.27 Italy 186 0.10 Netherlands 900 0.85 Others Canada 991 0.51 Japan 1,424 0.21 Norway (295) (0.82) Sweden 779 0.99 United States of America 4,159 0.22 These figures are for official development assistance, net of repayments of principal on loans.
It is estimated that the comparable figure for concessional assistance from the USSR to developing countries was$374 million—0.04 per cent. of GNP—in 1975, the latest year for which information is available.