§ Lord Juddasked 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 WallasayThe 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