§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list by country what aid his Department is currently giving to countries suffering from famine; and what was the position 12 months ago.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydCommitments of aid to relieve famine (in some cases compounded by civil strife) are:
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Bilateral Assistance £ million 1992 to date £ million 1991 Horn of Africa (Regional) 9.00 4.l Ethiopia/Eritrea 14.00 24.5 Somalia 2.00 5.4 Sudan 9.00 23.4 Kenya 2.00 0.2 36.00 57.6 Southern Africa Drought (Regional)1 2.72 — Lesotho 0.03 — Malawi 9.56 —
Bilateral Assistance £ million 1992 to date £ million 1991 Mozambique2 11.40 — Republic of South Africa 0.10 — Swaziland 0.04 — Zambia 10.27 — Zimbabwe 10.28 — UNICEF/WFP Operations (Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Namibia) 1.50 — Reallocations from Country Programmes to Drought Relief (Uncommitted) 2.30 — 48.20 — TOTAL (Horn + southern Africa 84.20 57.6 1 For technical assistance and NGO activities in the region—remains to be allocated. 2 Includes food aid for Mozambique refugees in Malawi (£3.9 million) and food aid intended mainly for Mozambique (£5 million). Multilateral Assistance
In addition, our share of the cost of food aid allocated to the southern Africa region in 1992 under the EC special food aid programme is estimated at £11.3 million. Our share of EC allocations to the Horn of Africa is £.12.4 million. Figures for other 1992 EC emergency aid programmes are not yet available.