HC Deb 20 April 1978 vol 948 cc320-1W
Mr. Prescott

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many convicted and unconvicted prisoners there are separately and as a whole per 100,000 population in each of the countries of the EEC and for the whole of the Community.

Mr. Judd

The numbers are set out below. These figures are based on the latest available data, but they should be treated with caution, as the basis for calculating them varies from country to country, as do the dates of each assessment, which are spread over 16 months.

of aid under the United Kingdom Military Training Assistance Scheme in the period since the scheme began; and under what other category military aid is given by Great Britain to foreign Governments.

Mr. Judd

Since the inception of the United Kingdom military training assistance scheme in 1969 the following 10 countries in alphabetical order have received most assistance under the scheme:

  • Egypt
  • Ghana
  • India
  • Jordan
  • Kenya
  • Malaysia
  • * Nigeria
  • Pakistan
  • Singapore
  • Sudan
  • * Nigeria ceased to receive assistance in 1975.

In addition to the United Kingdom military training assistance scheme, some assistance is given to a lesser and diminishing extent towards the cost of the loan of British Service personnel to a few developing countries. Otherwise Her Majesty's Government do not normally provide military aid in the sense of assistance given free of charge.

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