HL Deb 06 December 1965 vol 271 cc95-100WA
LORD BARNBY

asked Her Majesty's Government:

The amount of interest-free loans to overseas countries presently outstanding, and their allocation by countries; also the total of advances and loans

SCHEDULE A
AMOUNT OF INTEREST FREE LOANS TO OVERSEA COUNTRIES AT PRESENT OUTSTANDING
Territory Date of Issue Amount Issued Amount Repaid Balance of Loan Total Balance O/S
£ £ £ £
Jamaica Prior to 1 April, 1946 240,000 72,000 168,000 643,631
1 Jan., 1948 1,121,428 1,007,197 114,231
Between 1951 and 1957 300,000 183,260 116,740
Mona 1962 Dam 143,500 143,500
Mona 1962 Dam 260,000 158,840 101,160
Kenya 26 May, 1965 1,517,000 1,517,000 4,687,000
5 June, 1964 3,070,000 3,070,000
24 Nov., 1965 100,000 100,000
E.A.C.S.O. 3 Dec., 1962 1,372,000 1,372,000 3,560,255
19 Dec., 1963 981,255 981,255
7 Dec., 1964 1,147,000 1,147,000
10 Feb., 1965 60,000 60,000
Gambia 4 Dec., 1963 32,500 32,500 72,500
13 April, 1964 5,000 5,000
31 Dec., 1964 30,000 30,000
8 April, 1965 5,000 5,000
Malaya and Singapore Joint Between Oct., 1953 and Sept., 1955 15,536,667 8,278,237 7,258,430 7,258,430
Singapore Between 17 Mar., 1954 and 13 June, 1956 204,167 87,667 116,500 116,500
Malawi 5 Dec., 1960 58,894 58,894 2,532,305
8 Mar., 1961 193,529 193,529
29 Mar., 1961 22,577 22,577
15 Mar., 1962 247,000 247,000
23 Aug., 1962 23,352 23,352
6 Dec., 1962 4,461 4,461
11 Feb., 1963 31,187 31,187
10 May, 1963 11,305 11,305
29 Mar., 1952 1,340,000 650,000 690,000
1 Nov., 1963 400,000 400,000
16 June, 1964 100,000 100,000
15 Oct., 1964 300,000 300,000
5 May, 1965 100,000 100,000
3 Nov., 1965 350,000 350,000
Tanzania 29 Sept., 1961 1,000,000 1,000,000
11 April, 1962 85,340 85,340
2 July, 1962 900,000 900,000
29 Mar., 1963 127,451 127,451
28 June, 1963 60,000 60,000
1 July, 1963 900,000 900,000
24 Mar., 1964 150,000 150,000
27 June,1964 30,000 30,000
1 July, 1964 950,000 950,000
3 Mar., 1965 68,000 68,000
1 July, 1965 929,000 929,000
30 Aug., 1958 150,000 111,000 39,000

made since 1955 to the following countries: Tanzania, Malawi, Kenya, Zambia.

LORD WALSTON

The total amounts of interest-free loans to overseas countries and the sums outstanding are given in the Schedule A. Schedule B shows the grants and loans and the value of technical assistance given since 1955 to each of the four countries named.

Territory Date of Issue Amount Issued Amount Repaid Balance of Loan Total Balance O/S
£ £ £ £
Uganda 25 April, 1962 460,000 460,000 3,509,300
25 May, 1962 399,300 399,300
21 Feb., 1963 780,000 780,000
17 Mar., 1964 750,000 750,000
25 Nov., 1964 450,000 450,000
8 April, 1965 370,000 370,000
29 June, 1965 100,000 100,000
8 Nov., 1965 200,000 200,000
Zambia 11 Dec., 1964 750,000 750,000 1,450,783
28 June, 1965 563,000 563,000
7 Jan., 1954 137,783 137,783
Aden 30 Jan., 1961 6,100 3,833 2,267 2,267
British Honduras Between 24 Mar., 1959 and 29 Nov., 1962 42,500 10,175 32,325 59,825
24 Mar., 1959 27,500 27,500
Cayman Islands 10 Mar., 1960 10,000 1,000 9,000 9,000
Gibraltar 15 Sept., 1949 250,000 200,000 50,000 50,000
Grenada 13 Dec., 1959/28 Mar., 1960 21,250 7,083 14,167 19,307
13 Dec., 1961/15 Mar., 1963
29 July, 1963 6,425 1,285 5,140
Hong Kong 16 Nov., 1953 to 7 Feb., 1958 46,850 40,000 6,850 6,850
St. Kitts 16 Aug., 1962 to 1 Aug., 1965 4,421 1,542 2,879 2,879
St. Lucia 17 Mar., 1955 to 17 Feb., 1956 8,000 8,000 8,000
Malta 7 Mar, 1960 3,000 977 2,023 2,023
India 19 Nov., 1965 2,510,084 2,510,084 3,192,541
24 Nov., 1965 360,002 360,002
29 Nov., 1965 322,455 322,455
£33,236,283 10,814,096 22,422,187

SCHEDULE B
BRITISH GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC AID TO CERTAIN AFRICAN TERRITORIES
£000's
Financial Years 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
Tanzania (Tanganyika and Zanzibar) Financial Aid
Grants 1,152 1,316 1,091 1,463 1,459
Loans 300 75 345 375 550
Technical Assistance (a) (a) (a) (a) (a)
Total 1,452 1,391 1,436 1,838 2,009
Kenya Financial Aid
Grants 12,041 6,103 3,034 2,088 1,654
Loans 4,755 1,080 2,250 1,225 2,445
Technical Assistance (a) (a) (a) (a) (a)
Total 16,796 7,183 5,284 3,313 4,099
Malawi Financial Aid
Grants 882 290 503 292 321
Loans 50 418 665 16
Technical Assistance (a) (a) (a) (a) (a)
Total 882 340 921 957 337
Zambia Financial Aid
Grants 139 114 275 366
Loans 35 Cr. 15 23 25
Technical Assistance (a) (a) (a) (a)
Total 174 99 298 391

£000's
Financial Years 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
Malawi and Zambia Financial Aid
Grants
Loans
Technical Assistance
Total
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Financial Aid
Grants 332 617 332 114 262
Loans 700 3,100 900
Technical Assistance (a) (a) (a) (a) (a)
Total 1,032 3,717 332 1,014 262
£000's
Financial Years 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 provisional
Tanzania (Tanganyika and Zanzibar) Financial Aid
Grants 1,925 3,003 4,799 1,535 1,350
Loans 2,000 3,925 2,563 3,021 3,058
Technical Assistance (a) 2,978 2,696 2,926 2,919
Total 3,925 9,906 10,058 7,482 7,327
Kenya Financial Aid
Grants 1,183 8,559 5,650 4,291 4,554
Loans 8,434 4,000 4,495 7,147 10,239
Technical Assistance (a) 2,694 2,147 3,824 2,991
Total 9,617 15,253 12,292 15,262 17,784
Malawi Financial Aid
Grants 1,816 2,177 1,467 5,096 7,451
Loans 341 1,913 384 2,966 1,485
Technical Assistance (a) 346 562 1,112 1,158
Total 2,157 4,436 2,413 9,174 10,094
Zambia Financial Aid
Grants 245 584 350 Cr.–52 3,412
Loans 1,000 2,952 800
Technical Assistance (a) 341 271 994 1,786
Total 245 925 1,601 3,894 5,998
Malawi and Zambia Financial Aid
Grants 192 172
Loans
Technical Assistance 12 15 25
Total 12 207 197
Fereration of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Financial Aid
Grants 574 207 164 1,037(b)
Loans 12,050 813 2,163
Technical Assistance (a) 18
Total 574 12,257 977 2,163 1,055
(a) Included in grants.
(b) Includes £960,000 dissolution costs and £77,000 C.D. & W. Grants for the University of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.

House adjourned at fourteen minutes past seven o'clock.