UNICEF

HC Deb 18 April 1988 vol 131 c292W

Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was Her Majesty's Government's contribution to UNICEF for each year from 1978–79 to 1987–88 at constant 1979 prices.

Mr. Chris Patten

The information is as follows:

	Contributions at current prices (£ million)	1978–79 prices (£ million)
Year	General Fund	Special Appeals	Total	General Fund	Total
1978–79	4.500	0.664	5.164	4.5	5.2
1979–80	15.800	1.751	7.551	5.0	6.5
1980–81	4.300	1.456	5.756	3.1	4.2
1981–82	5.900	0.083	5.983	3.9	3.9
1982–83	5.900	0.069	5.969	3.6	3.7
1983–84	6.000	0.025	6.025	3.5	3.5
1984–85	6.000	1.000	7.000	3.4	3.9
1985–86	29.550	1.338	10.888	5.1	5.8
1986–87	3.250	6.570	9.820	1.7	5.0
1987–883	7.000	8.223	15.223	3.4	7.5
1 Special increase to mark International Year of the Child.
2 £3.25 million, originally planned to be paid in April 1986 was paid in March.
3 Figures for 1987–88 are provisional.