§ Mr. Harry BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) pursuant to his written answers to the hon. Member for Derbyshire, North-East on 25 April,Official Report, columns 507–8, and 2 May, Official Report, column 288, if he will (a) update the information given and (b) provide details of those supplies (i) obtained from and (ii) despatched on behalf of the voluntary organisation British Aid for the Kurds;
(2) pursuant to his written answers to the hon. Member for Derbyshire, North-East on 25 April, Official Report, columns 507–8, and 2 May, Official Report, column 288, if he will provide comparable details for materials despatched as aid for the Kurds by means other than air transport.
§ Mrs. Chalker(a) Since 24 April, an estimated total of 541.9 tonnes of further relief supplies have been sent by the Overseas Development Administration, and an estimated total of 124.2 tonnes have been sent by non-government sources. The details of which the Department are aware are as follows:
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Agency Date Aircraft Tonnage Destination ODA 1 May 1 x Boeing 707 40.7 Tabriz, Iran ODA 1 May 1 x Boeing 707 140.0 Tabriz, Iran ODA 2 May 1 x Boeing 707 140.0 Tabriz, Iran ODA 5 May 1 x Boeing 707 140.0 Tabriz, Iran ODA 8 May 1 x Boeing 707 140.0 Tabriz, Iran ODA 9 May 1 x Boeing 707 32.4 Orumiyeh, Iran ODA 10 May 1 x Boeing 707 35.8 Orumiyeh, Iran OXFAM 26 April Not known 31.7 Iran SCF 3 May Not known 30.0 Tabriz, Iran OXFAM 4 May Not known 42.5 Iran OXFAM/SCF 13 May 1 x Antonov 12 15.0 Dyabakir, Turkey SCF 13 May Not known 5.0 Dyabakir, Turkey 1 Denotes estimate. In addition to supplies procured by the ODA, spare capacity on aircraft chartered by the ODA has been filled by goods including
Supplies Donor Flour Spillers High protein biscuits United Biscuits High protein biscuits Feed the Children Panadol tablets Sterling Pharmaceuticals Various products Mars The ODA provided a Boeing 707 on 25 April to carry approximately 33 tonnes of supplies, and road transport for approximately 35 tonnes of further supplies collected by the Northern Ireland voluntary organisation Impossible Probable. The ODA also chartered an Iran Air Boeing 747 on 10 May, carrying approximately 65 tonnes of goods donated to the Iranian embassy in London.
A number of voluntary organisations have sent further supplies on Iran Air's weekly commercial flight.
(b) The ODA has neither obtained supplies from British aid for the Kurds, nor dispatched any supplies on their behalf.