Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation

HC Deb 10 June 1975 vol 893 cc130-1W

Mr. Hooley

asked the Minister of Overseas Development what information she has regarding the contributions—expressed in sterling—in each of the past four years made by Commonwealth countries, including the United Kingdom, to the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation.

Mrs. Hart

Figures provided by the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation show that since its inception in 1971 it has received contributions as follows:

Contributions in respect of CFTC financial year	Total	Of which United Kingdom
			£	£
1971–72	…	…	357,608	66,492
1972–73	…	…	845,990	186,802
1973–74*	…	…	1,675,633	400,000
1974–75*	…	…	3,383,792	700,000
* Provisional figures.

These figures relate to CFTC's financial year which runs from 1st July to 30th June and show contributions against the year for which they were pledged.