HC Deb 11 July 1988 vol 137 c12W
98. Ms. Ruddock

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has on the average percentage of gross national product given in aid in 1987 by donor nations, excluding the United Kingdom which are members of(a) the Group of Seven leading industrialised nations, (b) the European Community and (c) the development assistance committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Mr. Chris Patten

In 1987 net aid as a percentage of GNP, excluding the United Kingdom, averaged 0.32 per cent. for the Group of Seven; 0.5 per cent. for those members of the European Community for which the Development Assistance Committee has published figures; and 0.34 per cent. for all development assistance committee members.