§ Mr. Pattieasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the number of men who have requested premature voluntary retirement in each of the three Services in the periods January to June 1976, July to December 1976, January to June 1977, and July to December 1977.
§ Dr. GilbertThe figures for officers are as follows:
§ Mrs. HartThe total amount not drawn on 30th September 1977—the most recent date for which complete information is available—was £12.505 million. Details of the amounts are shown below:
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Country Undisbursed £000 Afghanistan 900 Bangladesh 2,254 Benin — Bhutan — Botswana 189 Burundi — Central African Republic — Chad — Ethiopia 2,261 Gambia 1,689 Guinea — Haiti — Laos 48 Lesotho Malawi 900 Maldives — Mali — Nepal 57 Niger — Rwanda — Sikkim — Somalia — Sudan — Tanzania 2,930 *Uganda 1,192 Upper Volta — Western Samoa 85 Yemen North — Yemen South (PDRY) — Total 12,505 *No disbursement since the United Kingdom-financial year 1974–75.
§ Mr. Formanasked the Minister of Overseas Development if she will list the 29 least developed countries referred to in her Written Answer of 26th January and set out in tabular form the total amount of official United Kingdom loans outstanding in each case.
£'000 Country Principal Interest Total Afghanistan 1,174 45 1,219 Bangladesh 15,921 — 15,921 Benin — — — Bhutan — — — Botswana 12,653 524 13,177 Burundi — — — Central African Republic — — — Chad — — — Ethiopia 4,500 — 4,500 Gambia 5,599 — 5,599 Guinea — — — Haiti — — — Laos 48 — 48 Lesotho 342 121 463 Malawi 31,888 899 32,787 Maldives — — — Mali — — — Nepal 2,178 — 2,178 Niger — — — Rwanda — — — Sikkim — — — Somalia — — — Sudan 10,234 579 10,813 Tanzania 3,011 1,198 4,209 Uganda 17,512 2,976 20,488 Upper Volta — — — Western Samoa 200 — 200 Yemen, North — — — Yemen, South (PDRY) 2,311 610 2,921 107,571 6,952 114,523