§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will update the answer of 22 December, Official Report, c. 541–42, regarding the total disbursed from the South Atlantic fund to date and the total value of assets remaining.
§ Mr. WigginA total of £4,040,135 has beer, disbursed from the South Atlantic fund to date. Remaining assets stand at about £,10.5 million.
§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Defence what information he has regarding the total disbursed from the South Atlantic fund for the benefit of victims of the Falklands conflict or their relatives resident in greater Manchester.
§ Mr. WigginPayments from the South Atlantic fund are made through other charities willing to pass the money to the ultimate beneficiaries. It would require disproportionate effort to obtain, through these charities, the information requested for an individual area, and would divert the small staff of the fund from their primary function of administering the fund, and distributing its assets, as efficiently as possible.