§ Mr. Newensasked the Minister for Overseas Development how many members of the police forces of each of the 539W ASEAN Alliance countries, namely, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, have been on training or educational courses at British universities, police training colleges or other British institutions since 1966.
§ Mr. TomlinsonI have information only about those members of police forces whose professional training has been sponsored by my Ministry. Since January 1972 the numbers of aid-financed trainees from ASEAN countries attending police training courses have been as follows:
Information for the years 1966 to 1972 is not immediately available. I shall send that to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.
Indonesia … … … 1 Malaysia … … … 21 Philippines … … … 12 Singapore … … … 3 Thailand … … … 3
§ Mr. Newensasked the Minister for Overseas Development what cuts are to be made in future overseas aid to any of the member countries of the ASEAN Alliance, namely, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, as the result of plans to reduce Government expenditure.
§ Mr. JuddAs I said at Question Time on 17th January, the effect of cuts on
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1976–77 £ 1977–78 £ £ £ 1. Centre for World Development Education: a) Core Budget 14,912 60,000 (b) Programme of Work 40,000 10,000 2. Attitudes survey commissioned of the Central Office of Information 25,500 4,500 3. Welsh Centre for International Affairs 4,345 — 4. Europa Calcutta Consortium, Coventry 500 — 5. International Development Centre, Coventry 550 — 6. United Nations Association, Educational Trust for Scotland 1,000 — 7. Commonwealth Institute 7,500 2,500 8. School of Oriental and African Studies 2,000 — 9. Voluntary Service Overseas 900 — 10. Intermediate Technology Development Group 4,800 — 11. Development Education Centre, Selly Oak Colleges 800 — 12. Norwich Third World Centre 916 — 13. United Nations Development Programme, Development Education Working Group 2,702 — 14. Third World First 75 — 15. Third World Publications 1,500 — 16. OXFAM 2,100 — 17. Greater Manchester Country Ecumenical Council 715 — 18. Council for Education in World Citizenship 700 — 19. World Development Movement 195 — 20. Ruskin College, Oxford 465 — Total 112,175 77,000 specific allocations will have to be determined after the detailed review of the entire aid programme and of our priorities within it, which is now in hand. I do not expect that any changes will be necessary in commitments already made.