§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table or chart showing for the last five years (a) the flows of aid from the United Kingdom to (i) South America, (ii) Africa and (iii) Asia and the middle east and (b) the proportions in each case of this aid tied to trade deals involving United Kingdom companies.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe answer is as follows:
United Kingdom gross bilateral aid 1984–88 (£,000) Of which ATP1 Percentage of ATP to gross aid South America 1984 17,755 6,427 36.2 1985 19,591 3,713 19.0 1986 17,313 453 2.6 1987 16,301 85 0.5 1988 14,725 434 2.9 Africa 1984 268,041 8,002 3.0 1985 315,397 3,547 1.1 1986 284,723 8,761 3.1 1987 304,650 10,534 3.5 1988 422,030 10,422 2.5 Asia and Middle East 1984 306,226 37,090 12.1 1985 255,256 31,328 12.3 1986 315,577 68,973 21.9 1987 216,053 17,425 8.1 1988 298,499 42,838 14.4 1 Expenditure under the Aid and Trade Provision.
§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish in theOfficial 189W Report a table showing in United States dollars for each year since 1980 and for 1989 to the latest available date, the annual amounts allocated to Third-world development aid by (a) the United Kingdom, (b) the EEC, including the United Kingdom, (c) the EEC, excluding the United Kingdom, (d) the United States of America, (e) Japan
Disbursements of Net Official Development Assistance 1980–88 United Kingdom EEC Countries1 EEC Countries1 USA Japan Australia and New Zealand (Including United Kingdom)
(Excluding United Kingdom)
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) $ million Per cent. GNP
$ million Per cent. GNP
$ million Per cent. GNP
$ million Per cent. GNP
$ million Per cent. GNP
$ million Per cent. GNP
1980 1,854 0.35 12,972 0.47 11,118 0.50 7,138 0.27 3,353 0.32 739 0.46 1981 2,192 0.43 12,704 0.53 10,512 0.56 5,782 0.19 3,171 0.28 718 0.40 1982 1,800 0.37 12,230 0.53 10,430 0.57 8,202 0.27 3,023 0.28 947 0.52 1983 1,610 0.35 11,537 0.51 9,927 0.55 8,081 0.24 3,761 0.32 814 0.46 1984 1,429 0.33 11,330 0.51 9,901 0.55 8,711 0.24 4,319 0.34 832 0.43 1985 1,530 0.33 11,620 0.51 10,090 0.55 9,403 0.24 3,797 0.29 803 0.46 1986 1,737 0.31 16,122 0.51 14,385 0.55 9,564 0.23 5,634 0.29 827 0.44 1987 1,871 0.28 19,093 0.49 17,222 0.53 8,945 0.20 7,342 0.31 714 0.32 1988 2,645 0.32 21,231 0.49 18,586 0.53 10,141 0.21 9,134 0.32 1,206 0.44 1 EEC Countries which are members of DAC:—Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland*, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom. * Ireland not included in 1980 and 1981 as figures not available.