HC Deb 17 May 1993 vol 225 c21W
Mr. Dicks

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much has been spent on all aspects of overseas aid in each year since 1987.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The figures for gross public expenditure on aid to developing countries are as follows:

Year Amount £ million
1987–88 1,410
1988–89 1,607
1989–90 1,733
1990–91 1,883
1991–92 2,021
We have also provided assistance to eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union states as follows:
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90 64
1990–91 14
1991–92 119

Full details on these figures are given in tables B1 and C1 of "British Aid Statistics 1987/88–1991/92", a copy of which is in the Library of the House.

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