§ Mr. Cordleasked the Minister of Overseas Development what was the amount of support, showing direct grants and technical aid, separately, provided for each of the last five years to Botswana, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Nigeria, Sierre Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zaire, respectively.
§ Mrs. HartThe total amount of financial support provided by Her Majesty's Government on a bilateral basis as grants including technical assistance, and loans to the countries in question between January 1969 and December 1973 was as follows:
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(£ thousands) Grants Financial Technical Assistance of which Pensions Loans of which CDC Total Gross Total Nett TANZANIA 1969 … … 38 1,681 748 43 43 1,762 683 1970 … … — 1,792 1,232 238 238 2,030 1,231 1971 … … — 1,405 1,112 715 715 2,120 1,589 1972 … … — 1,378 1,290 347 347 1,725 1,111 1973 … … — 1,387 1,276 111 111 1,498 841 UGANDA 1969 … … — 2,154 38 1,889 272 4,044 3,420 1970 … … — 2,025 — 2,328 102 4,352 3,623 1971 … … — 2,342 8 1,687 112 4,029 3,235 1972 … … 6,732 (6,736) 1,969 — 1,285 340 9,986 3,147 1973 … … — 1,626 — 535 350 2,161 916 ZAIRE 1969 … … — 3 — — — 3 3 1970 … … 52 6 — — — 59 59 1971 … … 46 38 — — — 84 84 1972 … … 95 73 — — — 169 169 1973 … … 11 95 — — — 106 106 Notes: 1. General Disbursements to Regional Organisations in Africa not included. 2. Disbursements by the British Council not included. 3. Totals may differ from the sum of the items owing to the effect of rounding to the nearest £1,000. 4. The sums which appear in brackets in the column headed Grants/Financial represent "Pension forgiveness" that is, to the extent indicated by the figures and having regard to the total amount of aid the country might receive for all purposes, Her Majesty's Government has at the request of the Government concerned, assumed that Government's responsibility for the cost of pensions due to expatriate officers in respect of pre-independence government service.