§ Mr. Edgeasked the Minister for Overseas Development if Her Majesty's Government gives any financial assistance to Indonesia other than the bilateral overseas development assistance.
§ Mr. PrenticeIndonesia receives assistance from a number of multilateral programmes to which Her Majesty's Govern-662W ment contribute. Such contributions are not generally earmarked for particular countries. It is therefore impossible in most cases to identify the amount of British assistance received by Indonesia in this way. A contribution of £62,000 was made in 1974–75 to a special appeal from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) for restoration work on the Temple of Borobudur.
In addition, the Commonwealth Development Corporation made loans to Indonesia of £2.045 million in 1974 and £730,000 in 1975 on terms which do not allow them to be classified as official development assistance. It is imposssible to identify what proportion of the funds involved come from Exchequer advances.
§ Mr. Edgeasked the Minister for Overseas Development if he has any plans to increase aid to Indonesia; and if so, by how much.
§ Mr. PrenticeAs I told my hon. Friend the Member for Harlow (Mr. Newens) on 11th May, the future level of British aid to Indonesia is at the moment under consideration, and an announcement will be made at the appropriate time.