§ Mr. Spearingasked the Minister of Overseas Development to what purpose Common Market shipments of skimmed milk powder are put when exported as food aid; and if she will tabulate such 2W arrangements made in 1973, 1974 and to date in 1975.
§ Mrs. HartMost Community skimmed milk exported as food aid is given for emergency relief or in connection with well-established projects, such as Operation Dairy Flood in India, or through such agencies such as the World Food Programme (WFP). The remainder, about one-fifth, is distributed as aid for development projects and plans. The agencies have efficient methods of distribution and use control, and some recipient Governments have also issued special instructions as to use. Community financed aid programmes in skimmed milk powder from 1973 to date have totalled as follows:
1973 Country Metric tons Upper Volta 1,800 Mali 2,100 Mauritania 1,800 Niger 2,500 Senegal 2,400 Chad 2,400 1973 total—13,000 metric tons. 3W
1974 Country Metric tons Upper Volta 2,600 Mali 2,900 Mauritania 2,000 Niger 3,200 Chad 800 Ethiopia 2,500 Morocco 100 Tunisia 100 Sudan 300 Jordan 600 Libya 100 United Arab Republic 450 Yemen Arab Republic 300 Afghanistan 300 Bangladesh 2,000 Indonesia 250 Pakistan 600 Philippines 100 India 2,750 Peru 100 Uruguay 100 International Red Cross 3,000 UNICEF 2,250 UNRWA 1,600 World Food Programme 20,000 Reserve 6,000 1974 total—55,000 metric tons.
1975 (to date) Metric tons Country From 1974 Reserve 1975 Programme (Part only) Total Upper Volta 700 1,300 2,000 Mali 900 1,500 2,400 Mauritania 800 1,200 2,000 Niger 750 1,250 2,000 Senegal 500 500 1,000 Chad — 500 500 Gambia 500 — 500 Ethiopia 500 1,600 2,100 Somalia 350 — 350 Reserve — 1,150 1,150 Totals 5,000 9,000 14,000 Notes:
1973: All amounts have been delivered.
1974: The amount for the WFP and some for the IRC have not yet been taken up; and 400 metric tons for Sahelia is still to be delivered.
1975: Only 70 metric tons has been delivered yet, and that by air to Somalia.
Further amounts as under have been committed bilaterally by Her Majesty's Government directly to developing countries and through their regular pledges to the World Food Programme. Similar figures for other member States are not available to me.
1973 1974 1975 UK Skimmed Milk via WFP: 1. Value in £m. 0.19 1.17 1.50 2. Estimated tonnage (metric tons) 700 3,500 3,500 Somalia (metric tons) — — 18 Notes:
1973 and 1974: All amounts delivered.
1975: Somalia sent by air; 18 metric tons remain to be delivered to WFP.