§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement updating the information contained in his reply to the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish, Official Report, 24 July, c. 542, concerning grain supplies and supplementary food and edible oil requirements in Ethiopia.
§ Mr. RaisonThe estimated total cereal requirement for famine relief in Ethiopia in 1985 remains at 1.5 million tonnes. So far some 934,000 tonnes have been delivered.
Supplementary food needs (skimmed milk powder and high protein biscuits) are now estimated at about 130,000 tonnes; substantially more than this has been delivered or is being shipped.
Edible oil requirements are not known. 41,000 tonnes have been pledged of which 33,000 tonnes have been delivered.