HC Deb 08 August 1966 vol 733 c250W
Mr. Goodhart

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what was the sum transmitted to Nepal in 1965 to pay the pensions of soldiers who had served in the Gurkhas.

Mr. Ennals

About £220,000.

Mr. Goodhart

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how much was paid to Gurkha soldiers in 1965; and what proportion of this sum he estimates was sent by these soldiers to Nepal.

Mr. Ennals

About £2.5 million; I estimate that about one quarter of this was sent to Nepal.