§ Mr. Wallasked the Minister of Overseas Development what are the amounts of grants and loans, including all technical 405W assistance, which have been made by Her Majesty's Government or by the Commonwealth Development Corporation or other agencies since 1945 to Colonies, Comomnwealth countries and foreign countries, respectively, showing the dates, purpose and terms of any such grant or loan together with the date and amount of repayments made; and what further grants or loans have been agreed or are under negotiation.
§ Mrs. CastleI give below figures for the total amounts of aid for which the hon. Member has asked. It would not be possible to supply the complete analysis of all the financial transactions which make up these totals, with comments in each case on their purposes, without a disproportionate expenditure on time and effort. Nor would it be possible to disclose information on matters currently under negotiation.
DISBURSEMENTS OF BRITISH GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC AID* 1945–46 TO 1964–65 £ million DEPENDENT COMMONWEALTH† Financial Aid Grants 508.1 Loans 244.8 Technical Assistance 74.5 INDEPENDENT COMMONWEALTH Financial Aid Grants 75.0 Loans 290.7 Technical Assistance 52.2 OTHER COUNTRIES Financial Aid Grants 152.9 Loans 123.1 Technical Assistance 9.7 CONTRIBUTIONS TO MULTILATERAL AGENCIES 222.8 * Includes Exchequer Advances to the CDC but not total investment by the Corporation. † Includes aid given before Independence to territories now independent.