§ Baroness Lockwoodasked Her Majesty's Government:
What was the amount of net official development assistance provided by Britain to developing countries in 1985 as a percentage of gross national product.
§ The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Young)In 1985 Britain provided net official development assistance equivalent to 0.34 per cent. of GNP, not 0.33 per cent. as announced in another place on 7th May. The earlier figure did not take full account of the amounts which Britain contributed to European Community aid programmes financed from the Community budget in 1985; overall the underestimation was about £30 million.