HC Deb 19 January 1981 vol 997 cc3-4W
Mr. Guy Barnett

asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the current level of British contributions to each multilateral aid and development agency, and to agencies concerned with

1979/80 £ 1980/81 £
International Development Association 37,000,000 50,000,000
World Food Programme 666,666 2,000,000
Asian Development Bank 5,006,684 5,777,010
Caribbean Development Bank 2,752,872 4,746,800
African Development Bank 1,900,000 1,950,000
Inter American Development Bank 6,787,016 6,870,000
International Fund for Agricultural Development 2,500,000
European Development Fund 81,900,000 63,140,000
International Monetary Fund: Oil Facility Account 1,331,274 964,751
EEC/International Development Association—Special Action Facility 2,000,000 24,000,000
United Nations Development Programme 19,000,000 17,000,000
United Nation Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) 2,400,000 4,750,000
United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) 7,600,766 5,805,919
United Nations Fund for Population Activities 2,000,000 2,000,000
International Planned Parenthood Federation 2,000,000 2,000,000
Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation 3,695,100 3,770,000
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 6,800,000 8,232,000
International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC)/UNICEF: Refugee Relief, Cambodia 1,933,301 1,000,000
ICRC 600,000 485,000
International Institute for Tropical Agriculture 325,000 500,000
International Rice Research Institute 450,000 650,000
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics 455,000 450,000
United Nations Education and Training Programme for Southern Africa 100,000 100,000
International Potato Centre 125,000 220,000
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Reserach 110,000
International Centre for Tropical Agriculture 135,000 230,000
International Laboratory for Research in Animal Diseases 170,000 270,000
International Livestock Centre for Africa 125,000 120,000
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre 293,000 230,000
Commonwealth Youth Programme 300,000 270,000
International Board for Plant Genetic Resources 135,000 130,000
International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas 100,000 150,000
International African Institute 20,000 14,000
United Nations Industrial Development Fund 100,000 300,000
South Pacific Board for Educational Assessment 20,074
British Red Cross Society 15,000 15,000
International Support for National Agricultural Research 15,000 50,000
United Nations Development Advisory Team for the Pacific 40,000
Voluntary Fund for the United Nations Decade for Women 200,000
Euroaction—Accord (Refugee relief) 522,000
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development 12,534 1,000
Disasters Emergency Committee (UK Voluntary Agencies) 500,000
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) 2,922,000 3,542,473
United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organisation 3,043,435 3,282,813
International Centre for Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property 32,372 30,332
OECD/Development Centre 180,000 172,500
Colombo Plan Bureau 3,941 3,694
World Health Organisation 6,953,340 6,836,573
International Labour Organisation 2,935,000 3,200,255
The table does not include contributions to EC food aid, to non-associates or disaster relief. The British contribution to these is made as part of its share of the Community budget and is attributed to the British aid programme.

refugees and disasters, indicating the sum advocated for the current year, the previous year and his projections for next year.

Mr. Neil Marten

The planned level of such expenditure for 1981–82 is not yet available. Provision will be sought in the Supply Estimates which will be available in March. The figures for 1979–80 and 1980–81, as taken from the Supply Estimates for those years, are as follows: