§ Mr. Wilkinsonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will tabulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT the annual amount of official Government aid disbursed to 259W India and Pakistan, respectively, in each calendar year since 1947 to date.
§ Mr. WoodConsistent records of officiel Government aid to India and Pakistan since 1947 are available only for disbursements in each financial year. The following are the figures:
BRITISH OFFICIAL BILATERAL FINANCIAL AID AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE Financial Years India Pakistan Totals £ million Indus Basin Develonment Fund 1947–48 … — — — — 1948–49 … — — — — 1949–50 … — — — — 1950–51 … * — — — 1951–52 … * — — — 1952–53 … 0.1 * 0.1 — 1953–54 … 0.1 0.1 0.2 — 1954–55 … 0.3 3.0 3·3 — 1955–56 … 0.2 1.9 2.1 — 1956–57 … 0.2 1.5 1.7 — 1957–58 … 0.3 2.2 2.5 — 1958–59 … 19.1 1.5 20.6 — 1959–60 … 33.3 2.1 35.4 — 1960–61 … 28.5 3.1 31.6 0.3 1961–62 … 17.6 6.6 24.2 0.4 1962–63 … 22.8 8.2 31.0 4.1 1963–64 … 26.6 9.1 35.7 2.9 1964–65 … 30.9 10.2 41.1 3.2 1965–66 … 32.9 10.3 43.2 3.6 1966–67 … 43.9 9.7 53.6 2.5 1967–68 … 41.6 14.0 55.6 2.7 1968–69 … 34.2‡ 8.8 43.0 4.6 1969–70 … 45.7§ 11.6║ 57.3 1.5 Totals† … 378.3 103.9 482.2 25.9† * Amounts of less than £50,000. † May exclude small sums not strictly alloable to either country. ‡ Includes £2.6 million food aid under the Rome Food Aid Convention. § Includes £0.1 million food aid under the Rome Food Aid Convention. ║ Includes £0.5 million food aid under the Rome Food Aid Convention.