§ 10. Mr. Peter BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the proportion of GNP given in official aid was over the course of each of the last two Parliaments. [688]
§ Clare ShortUnder the last Conservative Administration the oda/GNP ratio fell from 0.30 per cent. in 1992 to 0.27 per cent. in 1996. In the last Parliament the ratio rose to 0.31 in 2000. We have made a commitment to reach a level of 0.33 per cent. oda/GNP by 2003–04 a level not seen in the UK since the mid 1980s.