§ 46. Miss Boothroydasked the Lord Privy Seal whether he will give details of the research project in the population sector approved by the Overseas Development Administration since 1979, giving information regarding the source of the request, the cost of the project and the country to which it related.
§ Mr. Neil MartenTwo projects have been approved since May 1979; one a request from the community services research programme of the International Diarrhoeal Disease Research Centre, Bangladesh for specialised equipment to assist research on the consequences of contraceptive use in Bangladeshi women at a cost of £40,000; and the other a request from the Institute of Population Studies, University of Exeter to fund
An assessment of local participation techniques in the provision of fertility regulating servicesat a cost of £13,500. The research is not country specific but is part of a wider research activity in East Africa—principally Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.
§ Miss Boothroydasked the Lord Privy Seal whether he will list in the Official Report details of the four research projects in the population sector rejected by his Department since 1979 because of lack of funds, giving 226W information regarding the sources of the requests, the cost of the respective projects and the countries to which they related.
§ Mr. Neil MartenAssistance to the South-East Asia population awards programme; submitted by SEAPAP; cost up to £368,000; related to all the countries in the South-East Asian region.
Investigation into the relationship between population and development in Trinidad and Tobago; submitted by the New University of Ulster; not costed.
Fertility determinants of Chinese immigrants to Hong Kong; submitted by the London School of Economics department of population studies; cost $18,000.
Dietary changes and nutrition status in recent urban migrants to Cuttack, Orissa, India; submitted by Mr. Jeffery, University of Edinburgh; not costed.