§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) how much money the Overseas Development Administration has paid the Ministry of Defence as a cost of providing humanitarian services in each of the last five years;
(2) on what occasions and for what purposes the Overseas Development Administration has paid the Ministry of Defence for providing humanitarian services in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd[holding answer 23 October 1992]: The following amounts have been paid:
1988: Total £891,536
- Treatment of victims of a Pakistan explosion in a United Kingdom military hospital £154,054
- Army medical teams and supplies—earthquake relief in Nepal £621,467
- RAF airlift, HMS Active. RFA Oakleaf and Royal Engineers—Hurricane Gilbert in Jamaica £116,015
1989: Total £181,092
- RAF airlift and Royal Engineers—Hurricane Hugo in the Caribbean £181,092
1990: Total £79,443
- Royal Engineers and RAF aircraft—Cyclone in Western Samoa £79,443
1991: Total £7,294,040
- Provision of army ration packs for UN in Liberia £11,145
- RAF aircraft to deliver relief goods for landslide victims in Chile £12,897
- Use of RFA Fort Grange, helicopters and boats for cyclone relief in Bangladesh £616,000
- Operation "Safe Haven" (Army) and air supply (RAF) for Kurdish refugees from Iraq £6,653,998
1992 (to date): Total £134,708
- Royal Engineers and RAF transport for cyclone relief in Western Samoa £127,583
- RAF flights in Turkey for Erzincan earthquake £7,125
§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the formula436W used for calculating the cost of humanitarian services charged to the Overseas Development Administration by the Ministry of Defence.
§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd[holding answer 23 October 1992]: The Ministry of Defence raises charges on an extra cost basis. This comprises those costs which would not have otherwise been incurred as a result of undertaking a task.