HL Deb 01 February 1993 vol 542 c7WA
Lord Judd

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What were the official development assistance aid flows and the other official aid flows to developing countries in the calendar year 1991.

Baroness Chalker of Wallasay

The figures are as follows:

1991 (£ million)
Official development assistance (net) 1,814
Other official flows (net) 293

United Kingdom Net Aid Flows 1978–1991
(£ million)
1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
Official development assistance (oda) 763 1,016 797 1,081 1,028 1,063 1,070 1,193 1,195 1,168 1,489 1,584 1,503 1,814
Other official flows 185 67 -71 184 89 137 355 302 221 150 177 280 347 293
Total official flows 948 1,083 726 1,265 1,117 1,200 1,425 1,495 1,417 1,318 1,666 1,865 1,850 2,107
Private export credit 350 600 750 500 865 871 415 -226 115 354 -743 2,236 85 -2
Direct investment 355 326 825 1,149 740 975 1,576 1,617 1,410 1,839 2,151 2,377 2,661 3,000
Other bilateral securities and claims 3,182 4,300 2,900 2,900 800 900 100 -1,100 1,500 -1,500 -800 -850 -1,010 -680
Voluntary agencies 29 51 52 47 58 67 105 132 119 126 132 150 170 215
Total private flows 3,916 5,277 4,527 4,596 2,463 2,813 2,196 423 3,144 819 740 3,913 1,906 2,533
Total Net Flows 4,865 6,360 5,253 5,861 3,580 4,013 3,621 1,918 4,561 2,137 2,406 5,778 3,756 4,640
Percentage shares of Gross National product
Net oda/% GNP 0.46 0.52 0.35 0.43 0.37 0.35 0.33 0.33 0.31 0.28 0.32 0.31 0.27 0.32
Total net flow/% GNP 2.93 3.25 2.29 2.31 1.30 1.33 1.12 0.54 1.20 0.51 0.53 1.14 0.69 0.81