HC Deb 16 February 1982 vol 18 c103W
Mr. John Garrett

asked the Lord Privy Seal what have been the United Kingdom's annual contributions to the United Nations international children's emergency fund for each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Hurd

The United Kingdom's contributions to UNICEF since 1972 are as follows:

Contributions to the regular programme Contributions to the special appeals and specific projects
£ £
1972 700,000
1973 800,000 350,000
1974 1,300,000
1975 2,000,000 1,545,000
1976 2,300,000
1977 3,300,000 20,000
1978 4,500,000 2,032,000
1979 5,800,000 1,582,000
1980 4,300,000 691,000
1981 5,900,000 *

The 1979 figures reflect a special response in the International Year of the Child.

* Not yet available.