§ Mr. Keyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the expenditure from the overseas aid budget on population and family planning related research projects for each of the years 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983.
§ Mr. WhitneyExpenditure on population and family planning research was as follows:
£ 1980 126,000 1981 113,000 1982 172,000 Expenditure figures for 1983 are not yet available.
§ Mr. Keyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many applications for funding for population and family planning and research projects the Overseas Development Administration has received since June 1983; and from whom.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe following six applications have been received since June 1983:
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- (1) Chiang Mai University, Thailand
- (a)contraceptive failure in northern Thai women,
- (b)Studies on use effectiveness of injectable contraceptives in Northern Thailand.
- (2) Dr. S. S. Hassan, Egypt: Generating early and effective contraceptive use in rural Egypt.
- (3) National Institute of Applied Economic Research, India: child and health mortality.
- (4) Chelsea College, univeristy of London: social and economic conditions of fertility decline in Venezuela.
- (5) Programme for the introduction and adaptation of contraceptive technology (PIACT): Developing educational materials on contraceptive methods for two African audiences.
§ Mr. Keyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the estimated cost and duration of the population and family planning projects supported by the Overseas Development Administration since June 1983.
§ Mr. WhitneySince June 1983 the following new bilateral population and family planning projects have been supported:
Project Estimated cost Approximate duration £ Pakistan: population welfare plan 1,700,000 4 years Rodriques Island (Mauritius): equipment for maternal and child health and family planning services 90,000 3 years Yemen Arab Republic: cartographic equipment for 1985 census publication of fertility survey 15,000 1 year reports 21,000 N/A Anguilla: technical assistance to preparations for 1984 census 15,700 6 months Caribbean: regional demographic training course 2,300 1 month Caribbean: technical assistance to analysis of recent censuses 16,000 6 months Malawi: provision of equipment and books for family planning instruction 1,500 N/A Vanuatu: provision of technical assistance to analysis of 1979 census 600 1 month In addition, the following on-going projects have been supported during this period. India:Orissa family welfare project 10,440,000 5 years Training programme with the Registrar General's department Provision of *25,000 *2 years laparoscopes 356,000 1 year Egypt: Population project 4,320,000 1 year Kenya: Integrated health and family planning project 950,000 4 years Botswana: Family planning nurse trainers 200,000 5 years Zimbabwe: Provision of technical advice for 1982 census enumeration and analysis 87,000 3 years Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific: Provision of demographic expert to undertake regional training and provide technical advice 150,000 5 years * Approximate.
§ Mr. Keyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what research projects related to population and family planning have been supported by the Overseas Development Administration since June 1983.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe following research projects have been supported since June 1983
The effects of seasonality on the growth welfare and productivity of selected pastoral and agro-pastoral communities of the Sahel. London school of hygiene and tropical medtcine (centre for population studies). Duration: 1.4.82–31.3.84.Infant and child mortality, West African Sahel. London school of hygiene and tropical medicine (centre for population studies). Duration: 1.1.83–30.6.84.31WSocial and economic conditions of fertility decline in Venezuala. Chelsea college, university of London. Duration: 1.8.83–31.3.84.Assessment of local participation techniques in the provision of fertility regulation services. Institute of population studies, university of Exeter. Duration: 1.10.81–31.12.83.Developing educational materials on contraceptive methods for four African audiences. PIACT (programme for the introduction and adaptation of contraceptive technology). Duration: 1.9.81–31.1.84.Developing educational materials on contraceptive methods for two African audiences. PIACT (programme for the introduction and adaptation of contraceptive technology). Duration: 1.1.84–31.12.85.Computer-assisted population training programme (POPTRAN) David Owen centre, university college, Cardiff. Duration: 1.10.78–30.9.84.