HC Deb 16 March 1981 vol 1 cc12-3W
50. Mr. Bowen Wells

asked the Lord Privy Seal how much of the British aid programme he classifies as producing development from which the United Kingdom receives benefits; and how much is being received by the recipient country without such corresponding benefit to the United Kingdom.

Mr. Neil Marten

All our aid spending aims to assist the development of the recipient country and we believe that this serves our own interests, seen in a broad perspective. Also, about three quarters of the British aid programme, including both bilateral and multilateral aid, is spent in Britain.