§ Mr. Alan Clarkasked the Minister of Overseas Development (1) what is the
£'000 1974 (April—December) 1975 1976 1977 Bilateral Grants 24,700 247,970 240,528 239,095 ODM Loans 78,271 40,976 22,556 6,074 of which: Interest free 75,361 36,276 10,726 4,278 Interest bearing 2,910 4,700 11,830 1,796 CDC Loans (all interest bearing) 41,522 24,028 27,986 46,138 Total Bilateral 144,493 312,974 291,070 291,307 Multilateral Grants to United Nations Agencies (27,485)* 34,298 41,022 55,039 Grants to other Agencies (excluding EEC) (78,366)* 125,158 129,987 94,023 Loans to Inter-American Development Bank — — 391 1,007 Total Multilateral (105,851)* 159,456 171,400 150,069 TOTALS 250,344 472,430 462,470 441,376 * Figures in brackets are estimates. No interest payments were due on loans committed direct to Third world countries by my Ministry or to the Inter-American Development Bank in this period.