HC Deb 13 June 1995 vol 261 cc508-9W
Mr. Robert Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what has been the value of the United Kingdom's contribution, in cash and constant prices, to multilateral aid programmes for each year since 1979 by category of institution; what are the projections for future years; and if he will provide a breakdown of the United Kingdom's contribution to specific programmes of international institutions. [26947]

Mr. Baldry

The information requested, by major categories of multilateral spending, is contained in the tables. Detailed information on UK contributions to individual institutions is published in "British Aid Statistics", copies of which are in the Libraries of the House.

Multilateral contributions 1979 to 1993–94 in constant prices
£ million
EC budget (CEE/FSU share in brackets) EDF WB/IMF Other MDBs (EBRD Share in brackets) UN Other multilateral Total
1979 112 182 110 35 172 30 641
1980 121 129 152 29 100 17 548
1981 191 105 217 28 92 19 652
1982 179 124 268 24 101 21 717
1983 188 124 339 25 94 23 793
1984 237 120 311 46 104 22 840
1985 245 105 191 51 126 21 739
1986 209 114 223 52 117 23 738
1987 177 130 217 41 138 18 721
1987–88 180 140 223 46 124 24 737
1988–89 203 172 265 39 103 21 803
1989–90 201 175 247 37 98 22 780
1990–91 214(6) 166 182 36 116 21 735
1991–92 273(32) 214 246 74(38) 129 19 955
1992–93 294(61) 198 268 95(56) 136 21 1,012
1993–94 350(93) 172 246 76(46) 136 18 998

Notes:

Outturn data are from British Aid Statistics, which has been published on a financial year basis from 1992.

For the constant price series, calendar year figures are in 1993 prices; financial year figures are in 1993–94 prices.

EDF = European Development Fund.

WB/IMF = World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund.

Other MDBs = Regional development banks (African, Asian, Inter-American and Caribbean) and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

Other multilateral = Commonwealth programmes plus international research organisations.

CEE/FSU = Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union.

Forward to