§ Tom BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development which countries have been the top five recipients of(a) UK and (b) EU food aid in 2003; what tonnages of food each received, broken down by food type in each of the last five years; and what local production of these food types was in the five countries in each of the last five years. [138889]
§ Hilary BennThe top five recipients of UK bilateral food aid in 2002–03 are:
£ million Central Africa (regional) 25.75 Ethiopia 19.04 Zimbabwe 6.51 Zambia 4.28 Angola 2.75 EC figures (including UK attribution) for 2003 are not yet available.
UK Government food aid contributions are made in cash rather than in kind and disbursed through a variety of means including World Food Programme and Non-Governmental Organisations. Neither DFID nor the EC hold centrally information relating to the tonnages and types of food then purchased, or the local production statistics in each of the recipient countries. To answer the question fully and going back over five years, would incur disproportionate cost.