§ Mr. Onslowasked the Minister of Overseas Development what is his latest estimate of the total public expenditure on United Kingdom overseas aid, expressed in current prices, since the inception of the programme; and what countries have, in this period, received more than £50 million net by way of loans, grants and other forms of official aid.
§ Mr. PrenticeBetween 1964, when the ODM was set up, and 1975, total public expenditure on United Kingdom overseas aid amounted to £3,063 million gross and £2,666 million net of recycled amortisation at current prices. In this period the following countries have each received more than £50 million net in bilateral aid: India, Kenya, Malawi, Malta, Nigeria, Pakistan, Zambia.
§ Mr. Onslowasked the Minister of Overseas Development what is the total theoretical indebtedness to the United Kingdom of past and present recipients of British official overseas aid, by countries.
§ Mr. PrenticeAmortisation and interest payments outstanding on British aid loans as at 31st December 1974, the latest date for which the information is available at present, are shown for each recipient in the following table:
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£ Thousand Amortisation Interest Total NORTHERN AFRICA Non-Commonwealth Egypt … … … … … 15,787 4,363 20,150 Tunisia … … … … … 782 142 924 Total … … … … … 16,569 4,505 21,074 SOUTHERN AFRICA Commonwealth Botswana … … … … … 13,325 703 14,028 Lesotho … … … … … 380 160 540 Malawi … … … … … 30,582 1,174 31,756 Rhodesia (D) … … … … … 3,638 2,808 6,446 Swaziland … … … … … 9,197 920 10,117 Zambia … … … … … 3,239 1,134 4,373 Total … … … … … 60,361 6,889 67,260 WESTERN AFRICA Commonwealth Gambia … … … … … 5,919 — 5,919 Ghana … … … … … 23,481 7,056 30,537 Nigeria … … … … … 42,928 11,890 54,818 St. Helena (and Dependencies) (D) … … 10 — 10 Sierra Leone … … … … … 9,578 2,423 12,001 81,916 21,369 103,285 Non-Commonwealth Cameroon … … … … … 556 116 672 Liberia … … … … … 134 55 189 690 171 861 Total … … … … … 82,606 21,504 104,146 TOTAL AFRICA … … … … … 289,406 68,566 357,972 Of which: Commonwealth … … … … … 256,526 62,939 319,465 Non-Commonwealth … … … … … 32,880 5,627 38,507
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AMOUNT OUTSTANDING 31ST DECEMBER 1974 AMERICA CENTRAL AMERICA (AND CARIBBEAN) Commonwealth Antigua (A) … … … … … 633 472 1,105 Belize (D) … … … … … 2,253 1,323 3,576 Caymam Islands (D) … … … … 315 235 550 Dominica (A) … … … … … 7 — 7 Grenada … … … … … 839 121 960 Jamaica … … … … … 876 440 1,316 St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla (A) … … … 1,723 2 1,725 St. Lucia (A) … … … … … 29 1 30 St. Vincent (A) … … … … … 3 0 3 Trinidad and Tobago … … … … 930 585 1,515 Turks and Caicos Islands (D) … … 12 — 12 Virgin Islands (British) (D) … … … 2,472 66 2,538 10,092 3,245 13,337 Non-Commomwealth Costa Rica … … … … … 3,600 2,659 6,259 3,600 2,659 6,259 Total … … … … … 13,682 5,904 19,596
£ thousand Amortisation Interest Total SOUTH AMERICA Commonwealth Flakland Island (and Dependencies) (D) … 200 — 200 Guyana … … … … … 19,075 10,679 29,754 19,275 10,679 29,954 Non-Commonwealth Bolivia … … … … … 395 — 395 Brazila … … … … … 10,000 6,217 16,217 Chile … … … … … 1,321 368 1,689 Colombia … … … … … 5,128 1,999 7,127 Ecuador … … … … … 4,147 1,933 6,080 Peru … … … … … 2,002 442 2,444 22,993 10,959 33,952 Total … … … … … 42,268 21,638 63,906 TOTAL AMERICA … … … … … 66,052 30,787 96,839 Of which: Commonwealth … … … … … 29,367 13,924 43,921 Non-Commonwealth … … … … 36,685 16,863 53,548 Notes: (D)=Dependency. (A)=Associated State.
§ Mr. Onslowasked the Minister of Overseas Development if he will list the countries which are or have been recipients of United Kingdom overseas aid, with which Her Majesty's Government are not currently in diplomatic relations.
§ Mr. PrenticeCambodia and Guatemala have received United Kingdom aid on a Government-to-Government basis. Relief aid has been given to Angola through the International Committee of the Red Cross. Gross disbursements to these countries since the aid programme began in 1964 to 1975 amounted to £4,460,000 to Cambodia and £42,000 to Guatemala.