HC Deb 22 November 1990 vol 181 c197W
Mrs. Mahon

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the level of the aid programme in real terms in 1979 and in the latest available year.

Mrs. Chalker

In 1989 gross public expenditure on aid was £1,788 million compared with £1,940 million in 1979 at 1989 prices.