HC Deb 31 July 1951 vol 491 cc184-5W
109. Mr. T. Reid

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what was the money value of gifts given or promised by the British taxpayers to British Colonies and Dependencies such as Protectorates from 1900 to the end of the war in 1945 and from that time till the nearest date for which figures are available.

Mr. Cook

The total sum given to Colonial Dependencies by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom between 1920 and 1945 was approximately£70,118,000. Figures for the years before 1920 are not readily available. Financial assistance to the Colonies during that period was, however, on a smaller scale than in subsequent years. For the period since 1945 the total figure required is£240,340,000. Of this sum,£93,670,910 was either issued or waived up to 31st March, 1951;£45,288,333 has been provided in 1951–52, leaving a

— Issued 1920–1945 Issued 1945–1950/1951 Estimated 1951–1952 Further Amounts Promised Totals
£ £ £ £ £
Colonial Development and Welfare. 19,169,000 41,588,576 19,500,000 78,911,424 140,000,000
Grants in Aid of Administration 27,994,000 4,695,000 2,070,000 — 6,765,000
Grants in Aid of Reconstruction and Rehabilitation. — 3,427,000 1,423,000 50,000 4,900,000
Grants to Malta for War Damage. 10,000,000 4,640,000 2,800,000 12,560,000 20,000,000
Far East War Damage Compensation. — 608,334 10,348,333 9,860,000 20,816,667
Grants/or Internal Security (Malaya, Africa, West Indies). — 15,345,000 2,922,000 — 18,267,000
Cost of forces in Malaya — 4,000,000 6,225,000 — 10,225,000
Food Subsidies — 2,567,000 — — 2,567,000
Miscellaneous 2,805,000 3,637,000 — — 3,637,000
TOTAL £ 59,968,000 80,507,910 45,288,333 101,381,424 227,177,667
CLAIMS WAIVED
Loans written off under Colonial Development and Welfare Act, 1940. 10,150,000 — — — —
Cost of Military Administration in Far East. — 10,000,000 — — 10,000,000
Defence expenditure in Fiji — 2,068,000 — — 2,068,000
Cancellation of North Borneo commitments for period prior to 31st December, 1946. — 1,095,000 — — 1,095,000
TOTAL £ 10,150,000 13,163,000 — — 13,163,000
GRAND TOTALS £ 70,118,000 93,670,910 45,288,333 101,381,424 240,340,667

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