§ Mrs. MahonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much famine relief has now been sent to Ethiopia by Her Majesty's Government; and what percentage has arrived in Ethiopia so far.
§ Mr. WaldegraveSince mid-1989 we have made bilateral commitments via British NGOs of food aid totalling 44,250 tonnes, at a cost of some £10 million, together with other bilateral emergency aid commitments totalling £4 million. A total of 15,850 tonnes of food have already arrived, a further 14,700 tonnes are due for delivery before the end of April and the balance thereafter. Of non-food commitments our expectation was that about half would be delivered by the end of April but this is subject to the port of Massawa returning to normal functioning.