HC Deb 26 March 1991 vol 188 cc363-4W
Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list all allocations of famine relief for Africa made between September 1984 and September 1985, in current and constant 1991 prices, and since September 1990 to date.

Mrs. Chalker

Allocations of British emergency aid to Ethiopia between September 1984 and September 1985 are listed on pages 66 and 67 of the Foreign Affairs Committee's first report in the 1987–88 Session on "Famine in the Horn of Africa".

Allocations of famine relief made to African countries in 1990 were given in my reply to the hon. Member's question of 29 January at columns 462–63. In 1991 the following commitments have been made:

United Kingdom Food Aid Committed in 1991
tonnes Estimated cost
£ million
Ethiopia 42,800 8.036
Malawi 6,000 1.2
Mozambique 10,000 2.0
Sudan 20,000 4.0

Other United Kingdom Emergency Relief Committed in 1991
£ million
January Ethiopia 2.000
February Malawi 0.090
February Liberia 0.017
February Chad 0.035
February Burkina Faso 0.010
February Sudan 0.002
February Ethiopia 0.250
March Sudan 0.400
March Liberia 0.038
March Tanzania 0.040
March Sudan 0.125
March Ethiopia 0.430
March Kenya 0.197

The remaining information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

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