HC Deb 14 July 1986 vol 101 c368W
51. Mr. Bruce

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proportion of the United Kingdom's overseas aid payments have been paid as bilateral aid for the last three years for which figures are available.

Mr. Raison

Bilateral aid as a proportion of gross aid programme expenditure was 54 per cent. in 1983–84, 57 per cent. in 1984–85 and an estimated 59 per cent. in 1985–86.