HC Deb 30 January 1952 vol 495 cc27-8W
Sir R. GIyn

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how much money has been spent by the British

Council in Middle East countries since 1945; and, in particular, in Egypt, on the improvement of Anglo-Egyptian relations, during the same period.

Mr. Nutting

Expenditure by the British Council in the Middle East (that is to say, Iraq, Persia, the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, and Egypt) since 1945 is shown in the following table:

1945–46 … … … 428,790
1946–47 … … … 366,921
1947–48 … … … 371,592
1948–49 … … … 299,975
1949–50 … … … 323,161
1950–51 … … … 276,661

The following are the figures for Egypt:

1945–46 … … … 127,782
1946–47 … … … 123,200
1947–48 … … … 152,963
1948–49 … … … 121,494
1949–50 … … … 142,787
1950–51 … … … 106,607