HC Deb 20 November 1964 vol 702 cc97-8W
Mr. Ridley

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total amount of aid to under-developed countries included in the 1964 estimate of the balance of payments.

Mr. Callaghan

Disbursements of economic aid to the developing countries amounted to £103.7 million in the first half of 1964. This compares with £157.8 million in the year 1963. Figures for the third and fourth quarters of 1964 will appear in the December, 1964, and March, 1965, issues ofFinancial Statistics, published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office.