HC Deb 04 April 1967 vol 744 cc6-7W
Mr. Bryant Godman Irvine

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out, country by country, the total sums dispersed by the British Government for defence aid for the years 1945–46 to 1965–66.

Mr. Diamond

The information is given in the following table.

£ million
1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59
Mediterranean
Yugoslavia 0.8 0.6 0.1
Greece
Libya 0.1
Cyprus (before UN participation)
Turkey† 0.8 2.1
Middle East
Jordan 7.5 8.3 8.4 9.2 8.3
Muscat 0.3 0.5
Iraq 0.1 0.6
P.G.S 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4
Sudan 0.4
Aden 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.1 1.9 1.3
Africa
Swaziland
Kenya
Ghana†
Other Territories 2.9 3.5 3.7 4.0 3.2 2.5 3.0
Far East
India‡
Malaya§ 8.7 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.4 1.4 1.3
Singapore§
Nepal
West Indian Territories 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Unallocated
Total 20.5 13.7 13.3 14.8 13.4 8.1 9.0

1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66*
Mediterranean
Yugoslavia
Greece
Libya 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3
Cyprus (before UN participation) 1.3
Turkey† 0.5
Middle East
Jordan 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.7
Muscat 0.7 0.9 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.4
Iraq
P.G.S 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.9
Sudan 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3
Aden 1.2 1.5 1.5 2.0 2.2 3.5 4.0
Africa
Swaziland 0.7 0.3 0.3
Kenya 4.5 0.9 2.6
Ghana† 0.2
Other Territories 1.7 3.6 3.7 3.0
Far East
India‡ 2.6 9.3 5.5 3.7
Malaya§ 1.6 3.9 2.3 1.2 7.2 5.5 2.4
Singapore§
Nepal 0.4
West Indian Territories 0.4 0.3 0.9 0.4 0.8 0.7
Unallocated 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.6 1.2 2.2 2.9
Total 6.6 11.6 11.3 13.3 29.2 21.1 20.1
† Military Loans.
‡ 1965–66 includes 0.2 Military Loans.
§ Includes refund of expenditure in Brunei: 1964–65 1.3; 1965–66 1.1.
* Estimated.
NOTE—Table excludes certain transfers of land and buildings.