Aid Budget (Hansard, 27 June 1994)

HC Deb 27 June 1994 vol 245 c409W 409W

§ 34. Mr. Gapes
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proportion of the United Kingdom's aid budget was(a) given as bilateral aid, (b) multilateral aid and (c) administered by the . European Community in 1979, 1983, 1987, 1992 and currently.

§ Mr. Hurd
In 1979–80, 72 per cent. was bilateral aid, 12 per cent. was channelled through multilateral institutions other than the EC, and 16 per cent. was administered by the EC.
In 1983–84, the figures were 55 per cent., 15 per cent., 30 per cent.; in 1987–88 the figures were 60 per cent., 16 per cent., 24 per cent.; and in 1992–93, the most recent year for which figures are available, the figures were .54 per cent., 21 per cent., and 25 per cent. respectively.