HC Deb 16 May 1985 vol 79 cc177-8W
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what public funding has been made available to or through Christian Aid in each of the last five years.

Mr. Rifkind

The Overseas Development Administration h as made the following grants to Christian Aid for the purposes stated:

1. For projects co-financed under the joint funding scheme
£
1980–81 250,000
1981–82 300,000
1982–83 330,000
1983–84 330,000
1984–85 700,000
Total 1,910,000
2. For relief or development projects in support of refugees (information for 1980–81 and 1981–82 is not readily available).
£
1982–83 10,000
1983–84 7,000
Total 17,000
3. For disaster relief
£
1982–83 127,949
1983–84 150,000
1984–85 1,183,087
Total 1,461,036
4. For a special disaster relief programme in Bangladesh
£
1984–85 113,927
5. For bilateral food aid
£
1984–85 *150,000
* All for Ethiopia.