§ 45. Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the value of Government advances to the Commonwealth Development Corporation in 1970
TOTAL GROSS OFFICIAL AID FROM HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT TO REMAINING COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES*, 1969–70 £000 Grants of which technical assistance Loans C.D.C investment Total Aid Gibraltar … … … … 614.9 (72.3) 76.0 — 690.9 Seychelles … … … … 477.6 (141.1) 6.9 — 484.5 St. Helena … … … … 368.1 (35.2) 3.4 — 371.5 Bahamas … … … … 12.3 (12.3) — — 12.3 Cayman Islands … … … 166.6 (41.4) — — 166.6 Honduras (British) … … 1,408.8 (317.8) 800.0 — 2,208.8 Montserrat … … … 420.0 (51.7) 4.1 10.0 434.1 Turks and Caicos … … … 489.5 (30.6) — — 489.5 Virgin Islands … … … 542.6 (74.4) — — 542.6 Bermuda … … … … 3.8 (3.8) — — 3.8 Falkland Islands … … … 51.8 (35.2) — — 51.8 Brunei … … … … 5.0 (5.0) — — 5.0 Gilbert and Ellice Islands … 609.0 (399.5) — — 609.0 New Hebrides … … … 1,088.0 (229.0) — — 1,088.0 Papua … … … … 2.2 (2.2) — — 2.2 Solomon Islands(British) … 3,014.7 (883.5) 63.0 9.0 3,086.7 Fiji* … … … … 1,905.3 (1,074.7) — — 1,905.3 Tonga* … … … … 297.6 (80.7) — — 297.6 Hong Kong … … … 158.6 (108.3) — 21.0 179.6 Grand Totals … … 11,636.4 3,598.7 953.4 40.0 12,629.8 *Fiji and Tonga have since become independent.