HC Deb 22 July 1987 vol 120 cc205-9W
Mr. Tom Clarke

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the total value in constant prices of all contributions made by Her Majesty's Government to the United Nations children's fund since 1970.

Mr. Chris Patten

The information is as follows:

Contributions at current prices (£ million) 1986prices (£million)
Year General Fund Special Appeals Total General Fund Total
1970 0.600 — 0.600 3.2 3.2
1971 0.600 — 0.600 2.9 2.9
1972 0.700 — 0.700 3.1 3.1
1973 0.800 0.350 1.150 3.4 4.8
a. Contributions to General Fund at 1986 constant prices ($ million)
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1980–86 total
Australia 2.2 2.4 3.2 3.5 1.8 1.9 1.8 16.7
Austria 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 7.0
Belgium 1.0 1.0 0.8 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.4 8.1
Canada 9.1 9.2 10.0 10.4 12.2 9.8 10.5 71.2
Denmark 6.2 6.2 6.7 6.8 7.1 7.0 7.6 47.7
Finland 1.9 2.6 2.8 4.8 7.8 7.4 11.4 38.7
France 2.6 2.0 2.2 5.5 5.7 5.0 5.0 28.0
Germany 6.4 5.9 6.1 6.1 7.4 6.6 7.3 45.7
Ireland 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 3.5
Italy 2.9 6.5 23.8 21.4 19.3 24.2 21.6 119.7
Japan 7.7 8.7 12.7 15.3 18.1 20.5 15.5 98.4
Netherlands 7.8 9.4 9.9 9.7 9.1 9.2 11.4 66.5
New Zealand 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 3.7
Norway 13.3 12.7 15.2 18.2 17.7 18.7 21.9 117.8
Sweden 27.3 25.2 24.9 25.8 26.7 29.1 31.1 190.1
Switzerland 4.8 4.6 4.9 5.1 5.5 7.1 7.4 39.5
United Kingdom 9.0 10.9 10.4 10.2 9.6 9.8 9.6 69.5
United States 45.7 43.5 47.4 46.8 55.7 54.9 51.4 345.3
DAC total 149.8 152.9 183.0 192.5 207.1 214.9 217.0 1,317.1
b. Total contributions at 1986 constant prices ($ million) (These include contributions to both the General Fund and Special Appeals)
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1980–86 total
Australia 3.5 2.7 7.8 4.4 3.3 2.6 2.2 26.6
Austria 1.7 1.0 1.6 2.3 1.0 1.5 1.1 10.1
Belgium 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.4 8.4
Canada 14.6 9.6 11.5 10.8 15.6 13.2 16.5 91.7
Denmark 6.6 6.6 7.6 6.8 7.5 7.3 7.9 50.2
Finland 2.0 2.6 3.3 4.8 9.4 9.0 12.2 43.2
France 3.7 2.0 2.2 5.5 6.1 5.0 5.0 29.4
Germany 14.6 6.4 6.4 6.1 7.4 6.6 7.7 55.1
Ireland 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 3.7
Contributions at current prices (£ million) 1986 prices (£million)
Year General Fund Special Appeals Total General Fund Total
1974 1.300 — 1.300 4.8 4.8
1975 2.000 1.545 3.545 5.7 10.2
1976 2.300 — 2.300 5.7 5.7
1977 3.300 0.020 3.320 7.2 7.3
1978 4.500 2.032 6.532 8.9 12.9
1979 15.800 1.582 7.382 10.0 12.7
1980 4.300 0.691 4.991 6.2 7.2
1981 5.900 1.456 7.356 7.6 9.5
1982 5.900 0.083 5.983 7.1 7.2
1983 6.000 0.069 6.069 6.8 6.9
1984 6.000 0.025 6.025 6.6 6.6
1985 6.300 2.100 8.400 6.5 8.7
1986 6.500 0.238 6.738 6.5 6.7
1987 27.000 25.000 212.000 36.7 311.5
1 Special increase to mark International Year of the Child.
2 Pledged.
3 Estimates.

Mr. Tom Clarke

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has as to the total value in constant prices of all contributions made by member states of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Development Assistance Committee to the United Nations children's fund since 1980

Mr. Chris Patten

The information is given in the tables at constant 1986 prices. The constant prices allow for the effects of both national rates of inflation and changing dollar exchange rates.

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1980–86 total
Italy 2.9 6.5 26.8 21.4 20.6 26.4 22.1 126.6
Japan 17.1 13.8 14.2 15.3 18.2 27.3 16.3 122.2
Netherlands 10.4 11.3 10.9 9.9 10.9 9.5 11.7 74.5
New Zealand 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.9 1.0 5.0
Norway 13.8 14.6 16.4 18.6 19.3 18.9 22.2 123.8
Sweden 28.4 25.4 26.9 26.0 27.7 30.1 32.9 197.3
Switzerland 5.8 5.0 5.2 5.1 5.7 7.3 7.5 41.6
United Kingdom 10.5 13.7 10.5 10.3 9.7 13.0 10.0 77.6
United States 57.5 51.2 62.4 46.8 56.7 64.6 55.0 394.2
DAC total 195.4 174.4 215.6 195.9 221.2 245.1 233.2 1,480.9

Mr. Tom Clarke

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has as to the level of official aid per capita contributed by each member state of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Development Assistance Committee to the United Nations children's fund; in constant prices, for each year since 1980.

(a) Contributions per capita to General Fund at 1986 constant prices ($)
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
Australia 0.15 0.16 0.21 0.23 0.11 0.12 0.11
Austria 0.10 0.13 0.14 0.13 0.13 0.15 0.14
Belgium 0.10 0.10 0.09 0.12 0.13 0.15 0.15
Canada 0.38 0.38 0.41 0.42 0.48 0.39 0.41
Denmark 1.21 1.22 1.31 1.33 1.39 1.38 1.49
Finland 0.40 0.53 0.59 0.98 1.61 1.52 2.33
France 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.10 0.10 0.09 0.09
Germany 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.12 0.11 0.12
Ireland 0.15 0.15 0.11 0.13 0.17 0.14 0.15
Italy 0.05 0.12 0.42 0.38 0.34 0.42 0.38
Japan 0.07 0.07 0.11 0.13 0.15 0.17 0.13
Netherlands 0.55 0.66 0.69 0.67 0.63 0.63 0.78
New Zealand 0.22 0.18 0.17 0.15 0.16 0.13 0.15
Norway 3.26 3.11 3.70 4.41 4.27 4.51 5.25
Sweden 3.28 3.02 2.99 3.10 3.21 3.49 3.73
Switzerland 0.76 0.72 0.75 0.79 0.85 1.09 1.13
United Kingdom 0.16 0.19 0.18 0.18 0.17 0.17 0.17
United States 0.20 0.19 0.20 0.20 0.23 0.23 0.21
DAC Total 0.22 0.22 0.27 0.28 0.30 0.31 0.31
(b) Total contributions per capita at 1986 constant prices ($) (These include contributions to both the General Fund and Special Appeals)
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
Australia 0.24 0.18 0.51 0.28 0.21 0.17 0.14
Austria 0.22 0.13 0.21 0.30 0.13 0.20 0.14
Belgium 0.10 0.10 0.11 0.12 0.13 0.15 0.15
Canada 0.61 0.39 0.46 0.43 0.62 0.52 0.65
Denmark 1.28 1.28 1.49 1.33 1.46 1.43 1.55
Finland 0.41 0.53 0.68 0.98 1.93 1.83 2.49
France 0.07 0.04 0.04 0.10 0.11 0.09 0.09
Germany 0.24 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.12 0.11 0.13
Ireland 0.16 0.17 0.11 0.13 0.17 0.14 0.17
Italy 0.05 0.12 0.47 0.38 0.36 0.46 0.39
Japan 0.15 0.12 0.12 0.13 0.15 0.23 0.13
Netherlands 0.73 0.79 0.76 0.69 0.76 0.65 0.81
New Zealand 0.30 0.20 0.17 0.15 0.16 0.27 0.31
Norway 3.39 3.55 4.00 4.50 4.65 4.56 5.34
Sweden 3.42 3.05 3.23 3.13 3.32 3.60 3.94
Switzerland 0.91 0.77 0.80 0.79 0.87 1.12 1.15
United Kingdom 0.19 0.24 0.19 0.18 0.17 0.23 0.18
United Stales 0.25 0.22 0.27 0.20 0.24 0.27 0.23
DAC Total 0.29 0.26 0.31 0.28 0.32 0.35 0.33

Mr. Chris Patten

The information is given in the tables at constant 1986 prices. The constant prices allow for the effects of both national rates of inflation and changing dollar exchange rates. The 1986 figures are based on provisional population estimates.

Mr. Tom Clarke

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give such information as he has, in the form of a list, in rank order, by size of total contribution in constant prices, of those member states of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's Development Assistance Committee that provided funds for the United Nations children's fund for each year since 1980.

(a) Contributions to General Fund at 1986 constant prices
Rank 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
1 United States United States United States United States United States United States United States
2 Sweden Sweden Sweden Sweden Sweden Sweden Sweden
3 Norway Norway Italy Italy Italy Italy Norway
4 Canada United Kingdom Norway Norway Japan Japan Italy
5 United Kingdom Netherlands Japan Japan Norway Norway Japan
6 Netherlands Canada United Kingdom Canada Canada Canada Finland
7 Japan Japan Canada United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom Netherlands
8 Germany Italy Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands Canada
9 Denmark Denmark Denmark Denmark Finland Finland United Kingdom
10 Switzerland Germany Germany Germany Germany Switzerland Denmark
11 Italy Switzerland Switzerland France Denmark Denmark Switzerland
12 France Finland Australia Switzerland France Germany Germany
13 Australia Australia Finland Finland Switzerland France France
14 Finland France France Australia Australia Australia Australia
15 Belgium Austria Austria Belgium Belgium Belgium Belgium
16 Austria Belgium Belgium Austria Austria Austria Austria
17 New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand Ireland Ireland Ireland
18 Ireland Ireland Ireland Ireland New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand
(b) Total contributions at 1986 constant prices
Rank 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
1 United States United States United States United States United States United States United States
2 Sweden Sweden Sweden Sweden Sweden Sweden Sweden
3 Japan Norway Italy Italy Italy Japan Norway
4 Canada Japan Norway Norway Norway Italy Italy
5 Germany United Kingdom Japan Japan Japan Norway Canada
6 Norway Netherlands Canada Canada Canada Canada Japan
7 United Kingdom Canada Netherlands United Kingdom Netherlands United Kingdom Finland
8 Netherlands Denmark United Kingdom Netherlands United Kingdom Netherlands Netherlands
9 Denmark Italy Australia Denmark Finland Finland United Kingdom
10 Switzerland Germany Denmark Germany Denmark Denmark Denmark
11 France Switzerland Germany France Germany Switzerland Germany
12 Australia Australia Switzerland Switzerland France Germany Switzerland
13 Italy Finland Finland Finland Switzerland France France
14 Finland France France Australia Australia Australia Australia
15 Austria Austria Austria Austria Belgium Austria Belgium
16 Belgium Belgium Belgium Belgium Austria Belgium Austria
17 New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand Ireland New Zealand New Zealand
18 Ireland Ireland Ireland Ireland New Zealand Ireland Ireland