HL Deb 28 November 1966 vol 278 cc608-10WA
LORD FRASER OF LONSDALE

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How much aid—

  1. (a) capital;
  2. (b) budgetary
per head of population, was granted by the United Kingdom Government during the last available financial period to Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Malta and Aden.

THE PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS (LORD BESWICK)

The table below sets out the required information. It is assumed that the question relates to economic aid only, not to military aid. It is also assumed that the reference to "Aden"

BRITISH OFFICIAL FINANCIAL AID DISBURSEMENTS AND AID PER CAPITA IN 1965
£000 £s.
Financial Aid(a) Per Capita
Budgetary (b) Other (c) Total Budgetary Other Total
Botswana 2,028 1,151 3,179 3.6 2.1 5.7
Lesotho 2,265 596 2,861 3.0 0.8 3.8
Swaziland 1,517 3,627 5,144 5.2 12.4 17.6
Malta 600 4,805 (d) 5,405 1.9 15.0 16.9
South Arabia 6,697 2,263 8,960 6.0 2.0 8.0
(a) Excluding costs of technical assistance.
(b) Grant in aid of budget deficits.
(c) Includes grants and loans for development purposes.
(d) Excludes £216,200 War Damage; £262,000 accounting adjustment subsequent to 1965.

is intended to cover the whole of the I Federation of South Arabia.

House adjourned at fourteen minutes past ten o'clock.