§ 74. Mr. Prenticeasked the Minister of Labour what financial contribution is being made by the United Kingdom in the current financial year to the technical assistance programme of the International Labour Organisation; how many officers of his Department, and experts recruited by his Department, are serving overseas under this programme; and how many students and worker-trainees from overseas are now in this country under this programme.
§ Mr. P. ThomasGovernments do not contribute directly to the I.L.O.'s technical assistance programme. It is financed partly from the organisation's own budget but mainly from United Nations sources. Of the estimated expenditure for 1960, however, approximately £150,000 may be regarded as coming from the United Kingdom's contributions to the funds of the two organisations.
Under this programme 7 officers of my Department and 11 other experts recruited by it are at present serving overseas, and 11 students and 16 worker-trainees from overseas are now in this country.