§ Mr. Hooleyasked the Secretary of State for Energy what priority is being
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Country Date of Independence Total of Passports issued since Independence to December 1975 Botswana … … … 30th September 1966 … … 3,975 The Gambia … … … 18th February 1965 … … 312 Ghana … … … 6th March 1957 … … 8,203 Kenya … … … 12th December 1963 … … 167,180 Lesotho … … … 4th October 1966 … … 907 Malawi … … … 6th July 1964 … … 14,226 Nigeria … … … 1st October 1960 … … 15,661 Sierra Leone … … … 27th April 1961 … … 3,463 Swaziland … … … 6th September 1968 … … 2,678 Tanzania … … … 9th December 1961 (Tanganyika) … … 32,519 10th December 1963 (Zanzibar) … … Uganda … … … 9th October 1962 … … 60,193 Zambia … … … 24th October 1964 … … 56,072 given within his departmental Vote to increased expenditure towards the cost of the services of the Hydrographer over the next decade.
§ Dr. J. Dickson MabonOn the assumption that the relevant Vote is approved, my Department plans to spend £500,000 on the services of the Hydrographer in 1977–78. There is no further departmental demand at present for these services.
§ Mr. Hooleyasked the Secretary of State for Energy what sums from his Departmental Vote are allocated in 1976–77 to meet the cost of the work of the Hydrographer; and what percentage of his Department's expenditure this represents.
§ Dr. J. Dickson MahonIn 1976–77 my Department will spend £376,000—less than half of 1 per cent. of its Vote—on the Hydrographer's services.