HC Deb 29 October 1984 vol 65 c802W
Mr. Stanbrook

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the value, per capita of the population of the countries concerned, of British official aid to foreign countries, Commonwealth countries and United Kingdom dependencies over the past five years, respectively.

Mr. Raison

The details requested are as follows:

British gross expenditure on overseas aid per capita of population: 1979–83 (£s), based on population statistics for 1981 (the latest year available).
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
Non-Commonwealth 0.07 0.06 0.08 0.09 0.07
Independent Commonwealth members 0.42 0.45 0.49 0.34 0.40
Dependencies 4.68 3.63 3.13 4.16 4.91

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