HC Deb 17 November 1976 vol 919 c582W
Mr. Biggs-Davison

asked the Minister for Overseas Development what United Kingdom personnel were serving in former High Commission territories and Malawi at the time of independence; and how many are serving there at present.

Mr. Prentice

The following table shows the number of persons wholly and partly financed under the aid programme on the dates in question:

At Independence At End of 1975 (a)
Botswana 201 415
Lesotho 95 79
Malawi 687 606
Swaziland 174 186
(a) latest date of collated statistics.