Mr. Vanghan-Morganasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how much of the £140,000,000 available under the Colonial Development and Welfare Acts has been spent; and how much is now ear-marked for expenditure.
§ Mr. Lyttelton£136,314,632 has been allocated, i.e. committed for expenditure: of this, £70.804,840 has been spent.
§ Mr. Vaughan-Morganasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how much of the sums available under the Colonial Development and Welfare Acts have been spent in Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, British Guiana, British Honduras, Barbados, Windward Islands and Leeward Islands, respectively; and how much has been ear-marked for expenditure.
§ Mr. LytteltonThe following table shows (a) the amounts allocated for expenditure in the territories mentioned, and (b) the amounts actually spent: —
(a) (b) £ £ Jamaica (including the dependencies and University College of the West Indies) 9,085,825 6,129,873 Trinidad and Tobago (including the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture) 2,226,700 1,376,927 British Guiana 3,712,700 2,379,515 British Honduras 2,341,100 1,365,981 Barbados 834,000 567,185 Windward Islands 3,473,080 2,357,585 Leeward Islands 1,525,330 625,630 These territories benefit also from sums totalling £1,511,020 which have been allocated to the Caribbean Colonies on a regional basis. Expenditure from these sums is included in the figures in column (b) of the table.