§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has as to(a) the estimated value of emergency food relief contributions, by country, for the years 1985 to 1987–88, (b) whether these contributions are deducted from the overseas aid budget of such countries, and (c) the proportion of the overseas aid budgets of such countries these payments represent.
Mr. PattenThe table contains details of total food aid by donor country for 1985 and 1986 and the percentage of total official development assistance of each country that these figures represent. Information on the value of food aid used for emergency relief is not separately available. Nor is information readily available on the relationships between the overseas aid budget and expenditure on food aid in all the countries listed.
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DAC donor countries—food aid 1985 and 1986 $ million 1985 Food aid 1985 As percentage of oda 1985 Food aid 1985 As percentage of oda Australia 51 6.8 84 11.2 Austria 8 3.2 3 1.5 Belgium 44 10.0 20 3.6 Canada 263 16.1 262 15.5 Denmark 25 5.7 27 3.9 Finland 12 5.7 21 6.7 France 127 3.2 122 2.4 Germany 204 6.9 227 5.9 Ireland 8 20.5 2 3.2 Italy 164 14.9 259 10.8 Japan 27 0.7 66 1.2 Netherlands 85 7.5 109 6.3 New Zealand 1 1.9 — — Norway 27 4.7 27 3.4 Sweden 38 4.5 35 3.2 Switzerland 29 9.6 30 7.1 United Kingdom 137 9.0 98 5.6 United States 1,859 19.8 1,518 15.9 Total DAC countries 3,113 10.6 2,912 7.9 Note: Total bilateral and multilateral food aid ie includes food aid by EEC according to member states shares of EC budget.
ODA = Official development assistance (net).
Source:Development assistance committee (DAC) of the OECD.