HC Deb 12 November 1984 vol 67 cc80-1W
Mr. Sheerman

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish a table of third world countries that have received food aid from the United Kingdom from 1980 to 1984 and the amount received by each.

Mr. Raison

The information requested is given in the following table. Statistics to the development assistance

Distribution of food aid United Kingdom national actions$
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Shipments to end of Oct. 1984 Other commitments 1984
Recipient Cereals/wheat equivalent metric tonnes (thousands) Value $ thousands (including transport) Cereals/wheat equivalent metric tonnes (thousands) Value $ thousands (including transport) Cereals/wheat equivalent metric tonnes (thousands) Value $ thousands (including transport) Cereals/wheat equivalent metric tonnes (thousands) Value $ thousands (including transport) Cereals/wheat equivalent metric tonnes (thousands) Cereals/wheat equivalent metric tonnes (thousands) Value $ thousands (including transport)
Multilateral
UNHCR 8.5 842 17.00 3,155 22.8 13.5
UNRWA 8.5 1,298
Bilateral
Afghan refugees (Pakistan) 10.35 6,775 8.50 1,948 8.50
Algeria 1.0 240
Bangladesh 28.00 7,599 8.0 1,766
Cape Verde 5.0 1,686
Cambodia 3.50 623
Cambodian refugees 2.27 472
Congo 0.12 28 0.07 18
Egypt 0.14 30 17.22 4,810
Ethiopia 10.00 3,189 5.0 6.5
Gambia 2.00 226
Jordan 14.4 3,612 11.92 3,283
Kenya 5.0 1,495 5.0 789
Lebanon 0.78 217
Mali 0.50 126 2.50 289 2.5 420 2.5
Mauritania 2.54 681 3.0 774
Morocco 11.00 3,012
Mozambique 15.0 4,564 12.00 3,285 3.0 509 11.5 11.0
Senegal 1.50 155
Somalia 12.84 3,354 11.00 3,387
Sudan 8.49 1,874
Syria 2.57 606
Tanzania 5.0 1,161
Yemen PDRY 6.50 1,572 2.92 838
Ghana 23.5
Zambia 13.00 4,689 7.00 1,813
Zimbabwe 10.0
Balance 3.2
Through WFP
(a) regular programme
Chad 8.8
Ethiopia 37.0 8,220 19.00 4,729 15.0
Egypt 2.74 582 13.50 2,965 2.53
Morocco 9.23 1,960
Lebanon 2.46 556
Malawi 0.16 28
Tunisia 5.00 712 8.50 2,033 10.00 6.9
Syria 9.00 2,076 5.48 14.30
Bangladesh 30.74
Madagascar 0.685
Equatorial Guinea 0.410
Guinea 0.155
Pakistan 5.0
Balance
(b) international emergency food reserve
Mali 0.37 107
Mauritania 4.50 1,324
Zambia 3.5
Uganda 1.495
Balance 5.0
Total 78.00 22,964 112.52 31,170 103.44 24,216 107.63 24,152 115.30 112.70 *27,300
(£9.87m) (£15.37m) (£13.83m) (£l5.92m) (£21m)
* Estimate.

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