§ Captain Kerbyasked the Lord Privy Seal how much has been transferred by Her Majesty's Government to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan by way of outright gifts or grants or by way of loans since 1950; for what purposes in each case; what repayments have been made under the original terms of the agreements in question; and if these agreements have been published.
§ Mr. HeathThe total amount of gifts, grants and loans transferred by Her Majesty's Government to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan since 1st April, 1950, up to 31st March, 1963, has been £89,606,339. This figure can be broken up into the following categories:
£ (a) grants for budgetary assistance 64,180,450 (b) loans for economic development 10,800,000 (c) military assistance 10,440,884 (d) contributions in respect of Palestine pensions 4,185,000 £133,333 6s. 8d. of the development loans have been repaid. Agreements on development loans since 1957–58 totalling £3,330,000 have been published in the Treaty Series and give details of the projects for which the loans were provided.