§ Mr. Bestasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give the level of funding of the United Nations development programme by Her Majesty's Government (a) in constant prices and (b) as a percentage of total overseas aid for each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. RaisonThe information requested is as follows, together with the cash contributions to UNDP for each of the years quoted:
UNDP Contribution Cash Constant 1983 prices As percentage of total overseas aid £ million £ million 1974 9.3 29.5 2.5 1975 14.7 36.7 3.2 1976 13.6 29.7 2.5 1977 20.0 38.3 3.3 1978 25.4 43.9 3.4 1979 28.5 43.0 3.0 1980 15.0 18.9 1.6 1981 17.5 19.7 1.5 1982 18.5 19.4 1.7 1983 18.5 18.5 1.6