HC Deb 27 April 1988 vol 132 cc167-8W
Mr. Tom Clarke

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish a table showing per capita contributions to United Nations international children's emergency fund, for the latest year for which figures are available, for each member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, in ranked order.

Mr. Chris Patten

Preliminary 1987 contributions per capita (including both general fund and special appeals) are as follows:

Rank Donor $/head
1 Sweden 9.41
2 Norway 9.39
3 Finland 4.64
4 Switzerland 2.63
5 Denmark 2.26
6 Canada 1.31
7 Netherlands 1.15
8 Italy 1.12
9 New Zealand 0.39
10 United Kingdom 0.34
11 Australia 0.26
12 United States of America 0.25
13 Germany 0.20
14 Austria 0.17
15 Belgium 0.17
16 Japan 0.16
17 Luxembourg 0.14
18 Ireland 0.13
19 France 0.11
20 Iceland 0.09
Rank Donor $/head
21 Spain 0.02
22 Greece 0.02
23 Portugal Negligible
24 Turkey Negligible

Note: Population figures for 1986 have been used as 1987 figures are not yet available.

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