§ Mr. Tony BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what has been the total amount spent by his Department in each of the last five years on schemes in support of animal conservation.
§ Mrs. ChalkerTotal expenditure on animal conservation is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Records are available for expenditure in the last three years under the Overseas Development Administration's joint funding scheme with British voluntary agencies. The following projects aimed at conserving wildlife habitats have been supported:
1986–87 Actual 1987–88 Actual 1988–89 Projected £ £ £ Cameroon Korup national park 80,500 140,000 205,000 Mount Oku mountain forest — — 35,000 Liberia Sapo park — — 35,000 Zambia Wetlands — — 50,000 Nepal Annapurna protected area — — 14,750 In addition, as my hon. Friend the Minister for Overseas Development told the hon. Member on 19 October 1988, at column 857, wildlife conservation has been supported under the bilateral aid programme in Kenya and Zimbabwe. Other ODA assistance includes vehicles for a game park in Tanzania and an expert for the King Mahendra Trust which promotes conservation in Nepal.