§ Mr. Grocottasked the Minister of Overseas Development if she will list the countries receiving British aid in order of the amount received
§ Mr. TomlinsonThe information is as follows:
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GROSS DISBURSEMENTS OF UNITED KINGDOM BILATERAL AID TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN 1977 Country and Gross Disbursements (£'000) India 79,845 Pakistan 25,815 Bangladesh 21,991 148W
Country and Gross Disbursements (£'000) Malawi 16,519 Kenya 16,352 Zambia 12,584 Malaysia 10,099 Swaziland 10,014 Solomon Islands 7,929 Tanzania 6,685 Fiji 6,021 Nigeria 5,997 Botswana 5,736 Indonesia 5,646 New Hebrides 5,100 Seychelles 5,059 Sudan 5,028 Nepal 4,275 Sri Lanka 3,989 Gambia 3,699 Malta 3,608 Peru 3,570 Egypt 3,569 Jordan 3,301 Turkey 3,278 Mozambique 2,899 Ghana 2,810 Yemen (PDR) 2,722 Gibraltar 2,645 Rhodesia 2,562 Belize 2,523 Gilbert Islands 2,479 Burma 2,469 St. Helena and Dependencies 2,376 Lesotho 2,186 Chile 2,073 Ecuador 2,037 Turks and Caicos Islands 1,954 Afghanistan 1,792 Sierra Leone 1,786 Ethiopia 1,726 Montserrat 1,583 Bolivia 1,471 Mauritius 1,451 Dominica 1,448 Thailand 1,373 Tuvalu 1,291 Colombia 1,229 Brazil 1,213 Vietnam 1,213 Virgin Islands 1,135 Falkland Islands 1,115 St. Vincent 1,099 Yemen Arab Republic 921 Guyana 895 Jamaica 872 Antigua 855 Mexico 847 Papua New Guinea 791 Costa Rica 777 St. Kitts Nevis 698 Chad 696 Anguilla 637 St Lucia 602 Honduras 598 Cayman Islands 558 Hong Kong 519 Bahrain 503 Grenada 484 Cameroon 483 Uganda 474 Cyprus 425 Nicaragua 405 Singapore 338
Country and Gross Disbursements (£'000) Tonga 313 El Salvador 308 Mali 263 Oman 251 Korea South 246 Niger 245 Barbados 238 Tunisia 207 Liberia 196 Algeria 183 Trinidad & Tobago 181 Philippines 165 Paraguay 164 Maldive Islands 155 Somalia 146 Senegal 141 Iran 135 Lebanon 123 Madagascar 121 Zaire 91 Ivory Coast 86 Congo 78 Namibia 58 Upper Volta 55 Dominican Republic 53 Laos 45 Morocco 45 Togo 41 Uruguay 39 Western Samoa 38 Iraq 35 Saudi Arabia 33 Syria 30 Panama 28 Rwanda 27 Bhutan 26 Portugal 25 Argentina 24 Bahamas 20 Haiti 20 Mauritania 17 Bermuda 16 Benin 12 Brunei 10 Burundi 6 Comoro Islands 6 Venezuela 6 Kampuchea 3 Guatemala 3 Guinea Bissau 3 United Arab Emirates 3 Brit. Indian Ocean Territories 1 Cook Islands —less than £1,000 Israel —less than £1,000 These figures include all expenditure attributable to the territory in question, including the payment of pensions to former British civil servants, education and training in this country or elsewhere for deserving students and assistance made available through voluntary agencies for direct help to poor groups in certain countries. The figures are not broken down by categories, but I should be happy to give my hon. Friend further information about any country in the list