Written question asked by John Stanley (Conservative), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 21 March 1997. It was answered by Liam Fox (Conservative) on Friday, 21 March 1997 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Question: If he will list in descending order the 20 largest overseas aid donors on a per capita basis indicating the amount of aid per capita given by each donor country. - Inc table.

Answer: Sir John Stanley: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list in descending order the 20 largest overseas aid donors on a per capita basis indicating the amount of aid per capita given by each donor country. [21495] Dr. Fox: In per capita terms, the 21 members of the OECD's development assistance committee provided the following levels of official assistance to developing and other countries on parts I and II of the DAC list in 1995: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Donor Total assistance per capita (US$ millions) 1. Denmark 363 2. Norway 285 3. Netherlands 228 4. Sweden 205 5. Switzerland 168 6. Luxembourg 167 7. France 158 8. Germany 147 9. Austria 134 10. Japan 117 11. Belgium 112 12. Finland 91 13. Canada 78 14. Australia 66 15. UK 61 16. Ireland 43 17. New Zealand 34 18. Spain 34 19. Italy 33 20. USA 33 21. Portugal 29 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 21495; 292 c920W
Session: 1996-97
Subjects: Development aid OECD countries Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Development Assistance Committee
Contains statistics: Yes