Mr. Reidasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement setting out what gifts of money have been made or promised since the end of the First World War to each British Dependency or British Mandated Territory, including waiver of debts due by each of 263W them, and by Burma; what is the total sum; and what addition to that total is contemplated at present.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerThe total value of all such gifts made or promised since 1920 is £529.7 million. Of this £107.3 million represents grants to Palestine and Transjordan between 1921–22 and 1949–50 and £55.4 million waivers of claims on Burma arising from the 1939–45 war. The remaining £367 million consists of gifts to Colonial Dependencies, etc. (excluding loans from the Consolidated Fund to the Colonial Development
— Issued 1920 to 1953–54 Estimated 1954–55 Further amount promised Totals £ £ £ £ Colonial Development and Welfare 104,233,042 18,000,000 48,435,958 170,669,000 Grants in aid of administration 38,729,029 2,413,348 — 41,142,377 Grants in aid of reconstruction and rehabilitation 6,970,884 1,344,000 725,362 9,040,246 Grants to Malta for war damage 20,492,000 2,651,718 6,856,282 30,000,000 Far East war damage compensation 20,816,667 — — 20,816,667 Grants for internal security (Malaya, Africa, West Indies) 20,302,159 14,533,000 4,000,000 38,835,159 Cost of forces in Malaya 18,910,000 — — 18,910,000 Food subsidies 2,567,000 — — 2,567,000 Miscellaneous 9,834,456 1,469,269 443,750 11,747,475 TOTALS £ 242,855,237 40,411,335 60,461,352 343,727,924 Claims Waived Loans written off under Colonial Development and Welfare Act 1940 10,150,000 — — 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 TOTALS £ 23,313,000 — — 23,313,000 GRAND TOTALS £ 266,168,237 40,411,335 60,461,352 367,040,924