§ Mr. Tom ClarkeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give at constant prices(a) the total level of United Kingdom aid in each of the last four decades and (b) the contribution per head of the United Kingdom population in the same period.
§ Mrs. Chalker[holding answer 31 January 1991]: Calculations of gross public expenditure on aid in each of the last four decades at constant prices are as follows:
Decade Total aid in decade 19891 prices (£ million) Population (million) Aid per head of United Kingdom population per decade (£) 1950–59 7,433 50.856 146 1960–69 15,559 54.171 287 1970–79 16,172 56.231 288 1980–89 16,707 56.539 295 Sources: Annual Abstract of Statistics (Treasury, CSO); British Aid Statistics. 1 1950–65 are in 1989–90 prices; 1966–89 in 1989 prices; figures from 1972 include aid administration costs.