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Mr. Hale
asked the Lord Privy Seal what is the present contribution being made from public funds to the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund; and what was the corresponding figure in 1952, both figures being stated in 1952 prices.
Mr. Heath
Her Majesty's Government are contributing £335,000 to the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund in 1961. In 1952, they gave £50,000. Using the United Kingdom consumer price index as a measure of the change in the value of the £, it can be said that the United Kingdom has raised its contribution about five and a half times above the 1952 level.