§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish a table showing the total amount, the percentage of gross national product and the percentage of overseas aid spent on development education by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Governments in 1988 and 1989.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe information available to the OECD is as follows:
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£ million Development awareness Percentage GNP Percentage oda 1988 Australia 0.10667 0.0001 0.02 Austria 0.97122 0.0014 0.61 Belgium n/a Canada 5.10313 0.0019 0.39 Denmark 0.83649 0.0014 0.16 Finland 1.45403 0.0025 0.37 France n/a — — Germany 2.52069 0.0004 0.09 Ireland 0.37052 0.0023 1.35 Italy n/a — — Japan n/a — — Netherlands n/a — — New Zealand 0.05053 0.0002 0.10 Norway 0.71859 0.0015 0.14 Sweden 2.66104 0.0027 0.26 Switzerland 0.64000 0.0006 0.20 United Kingdom 0.85894 0.0002 0.06 United States of America n/a 1989 Australia 0.34154 0.0002 0.05 Austria 1.14661 0.0015 0.66 Belgium n/a — — Canada 6.89187 0.0021 0.49 Denmark n/a — — Finland 0.82946 0.0012 0.19 France n/a — — Germany n/a — — Ireland 0.30495 0.0017 1.02 Italy n/a — — Japan 1.15881 0.0001 0.02 Netherlands 2.12855 0.0016 0.17 New Zealand n/a — — Norway 2.47009 0.0046 0.44 Sweden 2.52499 0.0022 0.23 Switzerland 0.65869 0.0006 0.19 United Kingdom 0.96364 0.0002 0.006 United States of America n/a — — These figures may not be strictly comparable given the OECD's widely drawn definition of "development awareness", which could be open to different interpretation by donor countries.
§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much the Overseas Development Administration has spent on development education in each year since 1979.
§ Mrs. ChalkerRaising awareness in this country of north-south interdependence and development issues is one of the principal objectives of the ODA's public information programme. It features in all ODA publications with a particular focus on schools.
This financial year, for instance, we have provided a grant of £100,000 to the International Broadcasting Trust towards "The Global Environment", a television series which will be broadcast by BBC Schools Television for the next five years.
In addition, specific development education grants are made to a wide range of organisations. Total annual expenditure is:
Financial year £ 1978–79 219,000 1979–80 560,000 1980–81 413,000 1981–82 223,000 1982–83 171,000 1983–84 106,000 1984–85 106,000 1985–86 131,000 1986–87 106,000 1987–88 146,000 1988–89 223,000 1989–90 138,000 1990–91 312,000 In addition, the ODA provides an annual grant, currently £100,000, to the Overseas Development Institute for certain information and public awareness activities.