Botswana

HC Deb 30 May 1968 vol 765 c2109

9. Mr. Judd

asked the Minister of Overseas Development what has been the value of capital, budgetary and technical assistance to Botswana in each of the past 10 years; and what it is estimated to be in 1968–69.

Mr. Oram

As a large number of figures are involved, I will, with permission, circulate details in the OFFICIAL REPORT. The figures show that our total aid to Botswana has increased from

BRITISH OFFICIAL DISBURSEMENTS OF BILATERAL ECONOMIC AID TO BOTSWANA—1958–59 — 1968–69
			Financial Aid*			£ 'thousand
		Development Projects
		Grant	Loan	Budgetary Grant	Commutation and Compensation Loans §	Technical Assistance	Total
1958–59	…	265†	25	560	—	†	850
1959–60	…	281†	40	650	—	†	971
1960–61	…	172†	413	970	—	†	1,555
1961–62	…	411	236	1,155	—	94	1,896
1962–63	…	463	225	1,363	—	55	2,106
1963–64	…	456	11	1,592	—	76	2,135
1964–65	…	852	410	1,870	—	240	3,371
1965–66	…	1,010	568	2,660	—	237	4,474
1966–67	…	1,537	277	2,350	210	399	4,773
1967–68†	…	1,551	326	2,866	87	327	5,157
Total	…	6,997	2,531	16,036	297	1,428	27,289
1968–69
(estimated)	…	1,230	25	3,560	166	384	5,365
Columns may not add exactly due to roundings.
✶ Includes overseas investment by the Commonwealth Development Corporation.
† Disbursements for technical assistance cannot be separately identified by country prior to 1961-62.
‡ Provisional
§ Loans to assist the Botswana Government in meeting its share of payments of compensation and commuted pensions to expatriate officers.