§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list Her Majesty's Government's contributions to the funding of the Save the Children Fund in each of the last six years to the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. RaisonThe following Government Departments have made contributions to the Save the Children Fund over the past six years.
The Overseas Development Administration, for specific overseas projects and for refugee and disaster relief: £ 1978–79 170,000 1979–80 320,000 1980–81 420,000 1981–82 420,000 1982–83 650,000 1983–84 1,000,000
The Department of Health and Social Security, for a variety of projects in England: £ 1979–80 43,125 1980–81 91,250 1981–82 269,625 1982–83 164,900 1983–84 346,306 The Home Office, towards the cost of receiving Vietnamese refugees: £1,608,232 between July 1979 and June 1982.
The following Government Departments in Northern Ireland — Department of Education, the Department of Health and Social Security, the Department of Economic Development and the Northern Ireland Office.
For the work of the Save the Children Fund in Northern Ireland: £ 1979–80 31,246 1980–81 31,900 1981–82 59,769 1982–83 70,698 1983–84 187,810
The Scottish Education Department, Social Work Services Group—for the work of Save the Children Fund in Scotland: £ 1979–80 231 1980–81 324 1981–82 234