§ Mr. Tom Clarkeasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish as a table in the Official Report contributions made by the United Kingdom to the United Nations Children's Fund for each year since 1975 in £ sterling, in constant 1986 prices, and as an index showing 1980 as 100.
§ Mr. Chris PattenThe information is as follows:
§ Mr. Chris PattenThe information, for member states of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's development assistance committee, is shown in the following tables. Details of all contributions since 1977 can be found in the United Nations Children's Fund document "Contributions from Governments and other Sources to General Resources and for specific purposes in 1986", which has been deposited in the Library of the House.
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1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Japan 23 41 38 58 71 88 98 75 Netherlands 201 344 343 375 373 371 368 461 New Zealand 95 134 95 92 85 95 78 90 Norway 1,348 2,024 1,607 2,010 2,450 2,500 2,621 3,099 Sweden 1,284 2,038 1,564 1,624 1,721 1,877 2,025 2,190 Switzerland 281 470 374 409 437 496 635 662 United Kingdom 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 United States 74 125 98 111 111 137 133 126 DAC Total 85 137 116 145 155 174 179 182
(b) Index of total contributions1 per capita at constant prices 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Australia 64 129 76 276 156 122 73 78 Austria 33 119 54 115 165 75 87 81 Belgium 39 53 41 59 66 73 66 82 Canada 136 325 162 249 237 361 228 368 Denmark 430 683 529 799 728 852 627 877 Finland 117 218 220 366 539 1,124 801 1,414 France 13 36 16 21 55 64 40 51 Germany 45 126 43 55 54 70 47 71 Ireland 89 88 72 59 69 101 62 97 Italy 6 27 47 254 206 210 202 219 Japan 20 78 48 64 70 88 99 76 Netherlands 326 392 326 408 377 441 285 458 New Zealand 96 161 84 91 84 96 117 178 Norway 1,352 1,809 1,465 2,142 2,472 2,712 1,994 3,029 Sweden 1,063 1,826 1,257 1,729 1,716 1,935 1,574 2,232 Switzerland 592 488 320 429 432 509 489 650 United Kingdom 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 United States 79 135 92 144 109 140 118 130 DAC Total 90 154 105 168 156 186 153 189 1 These include contributions to both the general fund and special appeals.