HC Deb 08 February 1966 vol 724 cc33-4W
10. Mr. Hector Hughes

asked the Minister of Overseas Development if he will tabulate the financial assistance given by Her Majesty's Government to those African countries which do and do not, respectively, support the illegal Government in Rhodesia.

BRITISH GOVERNMENT BILATERAL ECONOMIC AID TO INDEPENDENT AFRICAN COUNTRIES 1964–65
£'000
Financial Assistance Costs of Technical Assistance Total
Grants Loans(a)
Commonwealth
Gambia (b) … … 870 65 194 1,129
Ghana … … — 1,855 321 2,176
Nigeria … … 127 4,290 1,244 5,661
Sierra Leone … … — 750 188 938
East African Common Services … … 258 2,831 3,364 6,453
Kenya … … 4,583 10,217 3,108 17,908
Tanzania … … 1,350 3,196 3,093 7,639
Uganda … … 257 1,887 2,145 4,289
Malawi (b) … … 7,464 1,260 1,213 9,937
Zambia (b) … … 3,661 850 1,869 6,380
Rhodesia, Malawi and Zambia … … 1,090 — 35 1,125
General (Unallocated) … … — — 59 59
TOTAL COMMONWEALTH … … 19,660 27,201 16,833 63,694
U.A.R. (Egypt) … … — 390 4 394
Libya … … 3,250 — 1 3,251
Algeria … … — — 5 5
Morocco … … — — 1 1
Tunisia … … — — 28 28
Sudan … … — 1,315 48 1,363
Somalia … … — — 2 2
Ethiopia … … — — 69 69
Guinea … … — — 5 5
Ivory Coast … … — — 5 5
Liberia … … — — 19 19
Mali … … — — 4 4
Niger … … — — 1 1
Mauritania … … 4 — — 4
Cameroons … … 25 — 55 80
Congo (Brazzaville) … … — — 5 5
Burundi … … — — 9 9
Togo … … — — 5 5
Rwanda … … — — 2 2
Congo (Leopoldville) … … 614 — — 614
Malagasy Republic … … — — 3 3
Senegal … … — — 1 1
Dahomey … … — — 1 1
General (Unallocated) … … — — 7 7
TOTAL FOREIGN … … 3,893 1,705 280 5,878
GRAND TOTAL … … 23,553 28,906 17,113 69,572
(a) Includes Exchequer advances to the Commonwealth Development Corporation; not C.D.C. total investment.
(b)Includes aid given before independence to countries now independent.

Mr. Greenwood

We are not giving financial assistance to any African country which supports the illegal régime in Rhodesia. Our total bilateral economic aid disbursed to independent African countries in the financial year 1964–65 was £69.6 million. Following is a table showing (to the nearest thousand pounds) the amounts disbursed on aid to each country: