asked the Lord Privy Seal what were the total funds granted to the Overseas Development Adminstration each year for the past five years; and what is the projected expenditure for the current year and 1980.

Net provision and outturn for the five financial years to 1978–79 and projected expenditure for 1979–80 and 1980–81 is as follows:

					£million
Government Aid Vote
Year				Provision	Outturn
1974–75	…	…	…	334·6	324·7
1975–76	…	…	…	443·6	427·6
1976–77	…	…	…	515·8	495·5
1977–78	…	…	…	623·1	600·2
1978–79	…	…	…	713·8	722·7
1979–80	…	…	…	790·1
1980–81	…	…	…	782	(at 1979 survey prices)

Overseas Aid Administration Vote
1974–75	…	…	…	6·739	7·0
1975–76	…	…	…	9·4	9·4
1976–77	…	…	…	10·6	9·7
1977–78	…	…	…	11·2	10·5
1978–79	…	…	…	11·7	11·8
1979–80	…	…	…	14·1
1980–81	…	…	…	14·7*	(at 1979 survey prices)
*provisional only

asked the Lord Privy Seal how many students have been given assistance by the Overseas Development Adminstration to study in the United Kingdom; what were the funds used for this purpose; and what were the countries of origin of these students, for each of the past five years, with estimates for the current year and 1980.

Numbers of students and trainees assisted by the Overseas Development Adminstration, with the related expenditures from technical co-operation funds, were as follows:

				£
1974	…	…	14,700	12,211,000
1975	…	…	14,779	15,759,000
1976	…	…	15,690	18,019,000
1977	…	…	14,615	20,492,000
1978	…	…	14,387	24,301,000

This information is broken down, by country, in the United Kingdom aid memorandum (statistical annexe part 2 technical co-operation) submitted to the development assistance committee of the OECD); copies are in the House of Commons Library.Provisional figures for the financial year 1979–80 are as follows:12,300 £35,400,000Country allocations are not yet complete.Financial provision for 1980–81 has not yet been determined.