§ Mr. Parryasked the Minister of Overseas Development if he will publish in the Official Report the amount of overseas aid given by United Kingdom to countries in South-East Asia in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. JuddThe following is the information requested by my hon. Friend.
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GROSS DISBURSEMENTS TO COUNTRIES IN SOUTH EAST ASIA—CALENDAR YEARS 1971–1975 £'000 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 Country Total of which T/C Total of which T/C Total of which T/C Total of which T/C Total of which T/C Commonwealth— Brunei … … 5 5 2 2 50 48 50 48 53 53 Hong Kong … … 1,505 88 1,196 83 106 96 91 91 710 132 Malaysia … … 5,960 1,095 6,117 774 4,825 1,920 5,452 1,715 7,020 1,834 Singapore … … 7,659 375 7,525 388 7,364 508 4,470 410 420 418 Asian Institute … … 95 54 87 45 100 53 82 57 82 77 General: Unallocable by country … … CR 6 CR 6 24 24 — — — — — — TOTAL COMMONWEALTH … … 15,219 1,611 14,952 1,316 12,445 2,628 10,142 2,322 8,285 2,514 Non-Commonwealth— Burma … … 268 268 289 289 329 329 659 659 473 473 Cambodia … … 115 17 251 50 269 69 301 63 66 66 Indonesia … … 5,835 410 6,771 602 8,148 634 8,866 790 6,777 1,413 Korea(South) … … 116 116 178 178 301 301 239 239 410 410 Laos … … 886 129 876 159 885 166 851 132 858 146 Philippines … … 108 108 111 111 135 135 190 190 241 241 Thailand … … 501 501 586 586 1,159 612 2,649 678 2,462 509 Vietnam(South) … … 449 70 48 55* 165 68 184 63 114 75 Asian Institute … … 190 109 175 89 201 107 164 115 165 154 Mekong Valley … … 56 56 81 81 78 78 80 80 65 65 General: Unallocable by country … … 7 7 53 53 — — — — — — TOTAL NON-COMMONWEALTH … … 8,531 1,791 9,419 2,253 11,669 2,498 14,182 3,009 11,631 3,552 TOTALS SOUTH EAST ASIA … … 23,750 3,402 24,371 3,569 24,113 5,125 24,324 5,330 19,916 6,066 * Difference due to recovery of £8,000 financial grant previously over-issued. T/C= Technical Co-operation. Totals may not add precisely due to rounding. Source: British Aid Statistics 1971–75.