§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Minister of Overseas Development how many training places have been provided under the Colombo Plan over the past 15 years; and, of those, how many have been provided by Great Britain.
§ Mr. BottomleyRecords for the first two years of the Colombo Plan are not separately available, and figures are therefore necessarily given for the past 16 years, i.e. since the inception of the Plan. The U.S.A., furthermore, joined the Colombo Plan in 1958, and its very considerable programme in S. and S.E. Asia is only therefore recorded in the statistics of the Plan from that date.Exclusive of the U.S. programme, 25,183 training places were provided between 1st July, 1950, and 30th June, 1966, of which 6,838 places were provided by Britain. From 1st July, 1958, to 30th June, 1966, the U.S.A. provided an additional 17,301 places.