93. Mr. Slaterasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how much of the £17 million, which has been set aside for research under the Colonial Development and Welfare Acts, has been allocated to the West Indian Colonies, British Guiana, and British Honduras, respectively; and how such allocation compares with that made to the other Colonial Territories.
§ Mr. Profumo:Research funds are not allocated territorially, but within the general allocation approximately £2 million have been provided for research undertaken in the British Caribbean region. Of this sum, about £1.5 million has been devoted to regional schemes designed to benefit the West Indian Colonies, British Guiana and British Honduras generally, while the remainder has been provided under grants totalling 104W about £128,000 to British Guiana, £38,000 to British Honduras and £334,000 to the West Indian Colonies, for specific research projects.
The amount made available for research in the British Caribbean region represents about 11 per cent. of the total allocation for research as compared with 38 per cent. for the East African region, 17 per cent. for the West African region, 9 per cent. for the South East Asia territories and Hong Kong, and 5 per cent. for Central Africa. The remaining 20 per cent. is devoted to other Colonies and to schemes operated for the benefit of all Colonial Territories.