HC Deb 10 July 1991 vol 194 cc370-1W
Mr. Harry Barnes

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his written answers to the hon. Member for Derbyshire, North-East on 25 April,Official Report, columns 507–8, 2 May, Official Report, column 288, and 15 May, Official Report, column 192–94, if he will update the information supplied concerning aid to the Kurds.

Mrs. Chalker

(a) As of 10 July, the Overseas Development Administration has provided a further 293 tonnes of relief supplies as described in the table:

Agency Date Aircraft Tonnage Destination
ODA 3 July not known 3 Tehran, Iran
ODA 10 July not known 13 Tehran, Iran

In addition, the British Red Cross Society and the voluntary organisation British Aid for the Kurds have provided the following further information about their relief supplies:

Agency Date Aircraft Tonnage Destination
BRCS 29 April 1 × Boeing 707 41 Orumiyeh, Iran
BRCS 1 May 1 × DC8 38 Orumiyeh, Iran
BRCS 3 May 1 × DC8 38 Orumiyeh, Iran
BRCS 5 May 1 × DC8 38 Orumiyeh, Iran
BRCS 7 May 1 × DC8 38 Orumiyeh, Iran
BRCS 9 May 1 × DC8 39 Orumiyeh, Iran
BRCS 11 May 1 × DC8 39 Orumiyeh, Iran
BRCS 17 May 1 × DC8 40 Baghdad, Iraq
BRCS 22 May 1 × DC8 39 Tehran, Iran
BAK 24 April 1 × Boeing 747 75 Tehran, Iran
BAK 25 April 1 × Boeing 707 133 Tehran, Iran
BAK 26 April 1 × Boeing 747 88 Tehran, Iran
BAK 1 May 1 × Boeing 747 50 Tehran, Iran
BAK 8 May 1 × Boeing 747 44 Tehran, Iran
BAK 10 May 1 × Boeing 747 165 Tehran, Iran
BAK 15 May 1 × Boeing 747 60 Tehran, Iran
BAK 22 May 1 × Boeing 747 30 Tehran, Iran
BAK 29 May 1 × Boeing 747 5 Tehran, Iran
BAK 5 June 1 × Boeing 747 27 Tehran, Iran
BAK 12 June 1 × Boeing 747 not known Tehran, Iran
BAK 3 July 1 × Boeing 747 147 Tehran, Iran
1 Denotes ODA charter.

(b) The aircraft carrying the supplies described by British Aid for the Kurds on 25 April, 10 may, 22 May and 3 July were chartered by the Overseas Development Administration.