§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list (i) Britain's official flows to developing countries, broken down into official development assistance and other official flows in 1991, (ii) Britain's private flows to developing countries, broken down into private export credit, direct investment, bank lending and voluntary agencies, in 1991 and (iii) the percentage shares of gross national product for net overseas development aid and total flows to developing countries in 1991.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe information is as follows:
United Kingdom net aid flows 1991 £ million Official development assistance (oda) 1,814 Other official flows 293 Total official flows 2,107 Guaranteed private export credits -2 Direct investments1 3,000 Other bilateral securities and claims -680 Total private flows 2,318 Net grants by private voluntary agencies 215 Total flows 4,640 Percentage share of gross national product Net oda 0.32 Total flows 0.81 1 The 1991 figure for direct investment is a preliminary estimate. I also refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. and noble Friend, the Minister for Overseas Development, in another place on 25 November 1992, Official Report, column 69–70, corrected on 9 December 1992 at column 9–10, which set out revised figures for 1990 and the basis on which banking flows were calculated.