§ 33. Mr. Cordleasked the Minister of Overseas Development how much of the financial grant allocated to the Gambia for 1964–65 has been made available to date; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mrs. CastleThe financial grants allocated to the Gambia Government for 1964–65 totalled £1,061,000. This sum was made up of a budgetary grant-in-aid of £365,000 and a grant of £696,000 towards development. Of these amounts all but £860 of the grant-in-aid has been disbursed.
In addition to these grants, loans of £65,000 towards the Gambia Government's share of the compensation scheme for overseas officers and of the cost of their commuted pensions were also made, and these were fully disbursed.