§ Dame Joan Vickersasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which countries have received gifts under the Books Presentation Programme introduced in June 1971, giving a list of the number of institutions in the various countries, and the total cost.
§ Mr. Wood,pursuant to his reply (OFFICIAL REPORT, 20th July 1973; Vol. 860, c. 235), gave the following information: 130W
131W
PRESENTATIONS MADE UNDER THE BOOKS PRESENTATION PROGRAMME JUNE, 1971 TO JULY, 1973 Country Number of Institutions Total Cost (£) Afghanistan 3 994 Algeria 3 1,220 Antigua 1 390 Arab Republic of Egypt 21 27,500 Argentina 37 15,308 Bahamas 1 550 Bahrain 4 2,700 Bangladesh 2 3,276 Barbados 4 8,200 Belize (British Honduras) 5 2,430 Botswana 4 9,400 Brazil 42 11,691 British Solomon Islands 10 1,680 Burma 3 2,650 Cameroon 13 6,348 Chile 16 8,780 Colombia 13 4,880 Costa Rica 1 100 Cyprus 1 500 Dominican Republic 1 500 Dubai 1 600 Ecuador 4 854 El Salvador 2 1,000 Ethiopia 3 7,350 Fiji 5 26,500 Gambia 5 8,392 Ghana 46 103,423 Gilbert and Ellice Islands 4 4,260 Grenada 1 650 Guyana 3 5,600 India 153 73,227 Indonesia 25 22,022 Iran 4 4,012 Iraq 2 1,000 Ivory Coast 1 100 Jamaica 1 2,500 Jordan 3 5,650 Kenya 22 19,822 Khmer Republic 2 630 Laos 1 2,000 Lebanon 4 1,070 Lesotho 8 12,360 Liberia 3 4,060 Malawi 4 38,540 Malaysia 37 48,845 Mali 1 50 Mauritius 6 995 Mexico 1 397 Morocco 1 500 Nepal 2 5,245 New Hebrides 4 4,937 Nicaragua 5 1,600 Nigeria 36 70,345 Oman 1 1,200 Pakistan 28 16,928 Panama 1 280 Paraguay 1 250 Peru 3 1,100 Philippines 2 480 St. Helena 1 475 St. Kitts/Nevis/Anguilla 2 1,220 St. Lucia 2 1,688 Senegal 1 13 Seychelles 3 8,757 Sierra Leone 55 19,000 Singapore 25 12,754 Somalia 5 6,450
Country Number of Institutions Total Cost (£) Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 24 37,329 Sudan 5 7,850 Swaziland 6 10,700 Syrian Arab Republic 1 150 Tanzania 5 28,361 Thailand 4 9,090 Tonga 1 25 Trinidad and Tobago 2 1,595 Tunisia 2 95 Uganda 8 2,525 Uruguay 24 2,440 Venezuela. 8 3,450 Vietnam (South) 1 150 Yemen Arab Republic 6 3,375 Zambia 1 2,300 Zaire 1 200 814 767,863
Year Number of countries covered Total number of titles in Mathematics, Science and Technology Total number of books produced Subsidy £
See Note (a) See Note (b) 1959–60 … … … … … 1 4,208,200 2,611 1960–61 … … … … … 5 31,649 1961–62 … … … … … 7 90,251 1962–63 … … … … … 13 106,628 1963–64 … … … … … 17 84,440 1964–65 … … … … … 45 146,537 1965–66 … … … … … 45 124,684 1966–67 … … … … … 45 756,954 94,600 1967–68 … … … … … 45 120 525,677 133,450 1968–69 … … … … … 45 152 514,660 136,107 1969–70 … … … … … 45 153 939,268 214,429 1970–71 … … … … … 45 167 1,067,990 249,505 1971–72 … … … … … 45 188 1,269,917 371,136 1972–73 … … … … … 57 200 1,257,062 (d)371,000 1973–74 … … … … … 74 222 (c)122,877 (e)465,000 Notes: (a) Records were insufficiently detailed to provide this information prior to 1967. (b) Annual production records were not started until 1966. (c) Production in 1st quarter. (d) Estimated. (e) Provided in Main Estimates for 1973–74.