§ Miss LestorTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give the total amount of emergency aid given in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Chris PattenFollowing is the information:
Year Disaster relief £ thousand Refugee relief £ thousand Food aid1 £ thousand Total £ thousand 1979 1,790 16,942 8,179 26,911 1980 2,466 15,681 9,080 27,227 1981 1,207 13,670 13,939 28,816 1982 1,925 10,561 11,765 24,251 1983 2,601 10,113 13,266 25,980 1984 8,517 17,789 14,822 41,128 1985 33,195 30,859 27,688 91,742 1986 18,559 24,375 7,557 50,491 1987 13,116 32,793 21,563 67,472 TOTAL 88,376 172,783 127,859 384,018 1 Includes annual contributions to the regular programme of the World Food Programme.