§ Mr. Kirkwoodasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the total value in constant prices of all aid flows from Her Majesty's Government to developing countries since 1960.
§ Mr. Chris PattenGross public expenditure on overseas aid at constant 1985 prices for 1961–1985 was as follows:
£ million 1961 1,277 1962 1,198 1963 1,174 1964 1.339 1965 1,302 1966 1,350 1967 1,285 1968 1,248 1969 1,178 1970 1,142 1971 1,328 1972 1,246 1973 1,223 1974 1,302 1975 1,266 1976 1,333 1977 1,302 1978 1,438 1979 1,570 1980 1,347 1981 1,480 1982 1,259 1983 1,297 1984 1,393 1985 1,317 Statistics for 1960 are not available.
§ Mr. Kirkwoodasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list in the Official Report the total aid flows from the United Kingdom, in cash terms and as a percentage of the world total for both (a) the 29 poorest countries in Africa; and (b) all African nations for the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Chris PattenIn 1985, Britain's gross public expenditure on aid through bilateral and multilateral channels to the 29 poorest countries in Africa totalled some £380 million, and to all the African countries amounted to some £570 million.
Comparable figures for total aid flows are not available on a public expenditure basis. The OECD estimates total gross official development assistance in 1985 to have been $7.8 billion to the 29 poorest and about $13.6 billion to all African countries.