§ Mr. Farrasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many applications for allocations for population and family planning programmes under the joint funding scheme were received for the year 1982–83; what were these applications and from which organisation; how many and which were not accepted; and if he will give the reasons for refusal in each case.
§ Mr. Neil MartenThe population and family planning projects being supported under the joint funding scheme in 1982–83 are:
Agency and Project Allocation £ Population Services Family planning promotion, Haiti 8,728 Ayurvedic practitioners family planning training programme, Sri Lanka 43,080 Family planning project, Zamboanga, Philippines 44,528 OXFAM Family planning training for Red Cross dais and mid wives, Bangladesh 1,256 Tarib family planning project, Pakistan 3,175 CAFOD Natural family planning workshop, Mauritius 12,823 The following applications for support were unsuccessful as the funds available for joint funding had already been fully committed:
Agency and Project Allocation £ Population Concern Family planning and Maternal child health care, Chimbote, Peru 13,142 Chittagong slum area, integrated health, education and family planning project, Bangladesh 4,500 Population Services Rural male surgical contraceptive programme, Sri Lanka 56,925 Rural family planning programme, Agra, India 52,970 Family planning promotion, Haiti 10,000 Africa Now Contraceptives—social marketing, Kenya 64,270 Two further applications did not meet the criteria of the scheme:
Agency and Project Allocation £ Population Concern Family planning association, Madhya Pradesh, India 3,778 IPPF Family planning project, Varanasi, India 52,000