§ Mr. Robert BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for(a) 1988–89, (b) 1989–90 and (c) 1990–91 the funds received by the World Health Organisation from the United Kingdom and other donor countries.
§ Mr. DorrellThe World Health Organisation is funded through its regular budget—to which member states pay on the basis of an assessed contribution, and by means of voluntary contributions from donor countries.
Contributions to the regular budget were as follows:
19881 19891 19901 United Kingdom 14,116,260 13,436,670 14,813,795 Others 246,538,713 207,837,698 234,632,457 Total 260,654,973 221,274,368 249,446,252 1 The World Health Organisation's financial accounting period is the calendar year and the United Kingdom contribution is paid in April of the year in question. All amounts are expressed is US dollars No similar comparison can be made for voluntary contributions due to the different United Kingdom and 400W World Health Organisation accounting periods and the fact that recorded amounts are expressed in different currencies. Figures are however available as follows:
Voluntary contributions received by the World Health Organisation 19881 19891 19901 211,834,369 219,734,813 249,446,252 1 All amounts are expressed in US dollars.
Voluntary contributions paid by the United Kingdom 1988–891 1989–901 1990–911 9,780,000 9,633,000 9,960,000 1 All amounts are expressed in pounds sterling.