§ Mrs. Virginia Bottomleyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what public funding has been made available to or through Christian Aid in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. RifkindThe Overseas Development Administration h as made the following grants to Christian Aid for the purposes stated:178W
1. For projects co-financed under the joint funding scheme £ 1980–81 250,000 1981–82 300,000 1982–83 330,000 1983–84 330,000 1984–85 700,000 Total 1,910,000
2. For relief or development projects in support of refugees (information for 1980–81 and 1981–82 is not readily available). £ 1982–83 10,000 1983–84 7,000 Total 17,000
3. For disaster relief £ 1982–83 127,949 1983–84 150,000 1984–85 1,183,087 Total 1,461,036
4. For a special disaster relief programme in Bangladesh £ 1984–85 113,927
5. For bilateral food aid £ 1984–85 *150,000 * All for Ethiopia.