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To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what official development assistance was provided by the United Kingdom in 1997 as a percentage of gross national product; and how this compares with the performance of other members of OECD's Development Assistance Committee. - Includes figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what official development assistance was provided by the United Kingdom in 1997 as a percentage of gross national product; and how this compares with the performance of other members of OECD's Development Assistance Committee. - Includes figures.
Asked by
Helen Jones
(Labour)
Answered by
Clare Short
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for International Development
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Written questions
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Tabled on
17 June 1998
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18 June 1998
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18 June 1998
Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what official development assistance was provided by the
United Kingdom in 1997 as a percentage of gross national product; and how this compares with the performance of other members of
OECD's Development Assistance Committee. [46808]
Clare Short: Precise figures are still to be calculated but the UK's expenditure on official development assistance in 1997 is
estimated to have been £2,058 million, representing 0.26 per cent. of GNP. This is slightly lower than the 1996 figure of 0.27 per
cent. The UK was the fifth largest bilateral aid donor in 1997 in volume terms. The average for all OECD DAC Member Countries in
1997 was 0.22 per cent. of GNP, its lowest ever level. The average for the European Union was 0.33 per cent. of GNP. These figures
exclude financial flows to countries in transition in central and eastern Europe and more advanced developing countries as defined
in the Development Assistance Committee list of aid recipients.
There is a clear need for more investment in developing countries to tackle poverty and social exclusion. This government is
committed to playing its part, including by reversing the decline in UK development assistance as we promised in the manifesto.
Subjects
Developing countries; Development aid; OECD countries; Development Assistance Committee
Date
18 June 1998
Reference
314 c287-8W; 46808
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House of Commons