§ 25. Mr. George Craddockasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the per capita income, including an allowance for subsistence goods, for Africans, Asians and Europeans in Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika, Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydNational income calculations have been published for Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Kenya and Uganda, and plans are being made for estimating the national income of Tanganyika. I regret, however, that in no case are the data sufficiently detailed 1184 to provide a reliable analysis of per capita income between the several racial groups.
§ Mr. CraddockWill the Minister make it his business to try to secure this information? It is very important.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydI certainly hope that as we go along in colonial improvement these and other vital figures will be available.
§ Mr. BrockwayIs the Minister aware that in the social survey published by the United Nations per capita figures are given for the racial groups in a number of the countries mentioned in the Question? Will he bring that information up to date?
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydI am quite prepared to reply. The answer is as I have stated. The figures in the various United Nations publications relate to national income per head, including estimates for subsistence output in certain territories. In the absence of the necessary data, I am afraid that it is impossible to give an analysis of per capita income between the several racial groups, which is what I have been asked for.
§ Mr. BrockwayBut the United Nations does it.