HC Deb 25 July 1984 vol 64 c723W
Mr. Stuart Holland

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will now provide details of how much official development assistance in 1983 was devoted to multilateral spending, bilateral spending and, within the bilateral programme, to the aid trade provision; and if he will provide comparable figures for 1982.

Mr. Raison

The figures for official development assistance for the last two calendar years identifying multilateral, bilateral and ATP flows are as follows:

Net official Development Assistance
£ million
1982 1983
Multilateral 481 492
Bilateral 548 566
of which ATP (63) (33)
Total 1,028 1,058