§ Mr. AltonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the sums given to (a) the International Planned Parenthood Federation and (b) the United Nations population fund in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe information is as follows:578W
£ thousands IPPF UNFPA 1981 2,150 2,250 1982 2,550 2,650 1983 2,700 2,700 1984 3,000 3,000 1985 4,500 4,500 1986 5,400 4,500 1987 6,000 5,000 1988 5,479 5,250 1989 18,255 5,500 1990 17,488 26,000 1991 7,2623 7,500 1 From 1989 onwards the figures include contributions to IPPF Aids unit. 2 £3 million of 1990 contribution actually paid in February 1991. 3 Provisional.
§ Mr. AltonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what sums have been given to the Chinese Government for the purposes of population control;
(2) what grants have been given by the International Planned Parenthood Federation and the United Nations population fund partly or wholly for the purpose of aiding population control programmes in China; and what sums are involved.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydWe have made no bilateral contributions to the Chinese Government for the purposes of population control.
The International Planned Parenthood Federation is contributing some US$1 million a year in technical and financial support to the non-governmental Family Planning Association of China. The Chinese FPA's programme covers family life and parenting education, including information on the full range of contraceptive methods provided through the Government services, to help increase people's awareness of the choices available to them. It supplies no clinical services.
The United Nations population fund contributes some US$10 million a year focusing on provision of reliable contraceptives, the extension of maternal and child health care and family planning services, development of special income generating and community development projects to improve the lives and status of rural women, and strengthening population education in schools.
The British Government do not and will not support coercive approaches to family planning or the use of abortion as a means of contraception: nor do either of these organisations.
§ Mr. AltonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has on the refusal of the United States Government to provide funds for both the International Planned Parenthood Federation and the United Nations population fund since 1984; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe United States Government do not support the International Planned Parenthood Federation and the United Nations population fund under its "Mexico City Population Policy" set out in 1984, and the subsequent Kemp-Kasten amendment enacted in 1985. A United States Administration explanation of their policy has been deposited in the Libraries of the House. The United States has not withdrawn from funding 579W population programmes worldwide and remains the largest bilateral aid donor for family planning programmes.