§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will give the actual or estimated amount of moneys sent to India by residents and others in the United Kingdom in any given year and the amount of aid sent during the same period, in view of the Indian Government's declared estimate of the sum being £1,000 million per annum.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonI understand that the estimate of £1,000 million refers to remittances to India from all sources, and not just from the United Kingdom.
As I informed my hon. Friend on 11th June 1976, remittances to India from the United Kingdom are not separately identified in the balance of payments statistics and I regret that the information is not available on which an estimate could be based.
Details of United Kingdom aid to India are given in the latest edition of "British Aid Statistics", a copy of which is in the Library.