§ Dr. Millerasked the Minister of Overseas Development how much financial assistance was given to Jamaica in the last financial year; and how much will be given in the current year.
§ Mr. OramIn the financial year 1964–65 Her Majesty's Government disbursed £374,000 to Jamaica in grants equivalent to the balance at the date of independence of Colonial Development and Welfare money already allocated. In the same period £1.25 million was advanced in loans to the Commonwealth Development152W Corporation for investment in housing projects there.
In the current financial year provision exists for the grant of a further £117,000 in respect of the unspent Colonial Development and Welfare balance. Her Majesty's Government has also agreed to convert into a grant the sum of £565,500 which was lent to the Jamaican Government under the Colonial Development and Welfare Acts towards the construction of the Mona Reservoir. In addition £400,000 has been advanced to the Commonwealth Development Corporation for investment in transport projects; and a supplementary capital sanction for £1 million for housing projects has recently been given.
The above figures exclude British technical assistance for Jamaica, and financial assistance to the University of the West Indies which, although partly based in Jamaica, serves the needs of a number of Commonwealth countries in the Caribbean.