§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the basis of the calculation of the value of donations of food from EC surpluses donated to overseas aid relief.
§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd[holding answer 29 October 1992]: The cost to the EC aid programme of buying cereals for food aid from EC intervention stocks is similar to the world market price for food of comparable quality.
§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much of the overseas Development Administration aid buget is paid into EC funds to obtain EC food surpluses for famine relief.
§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd[holding answer 29 October 1992]: Provisional figures show that the cost to the overseas aid budget of European Community food aid in 1991 was £74 million. This includes food aid for famine relief and for other food aid programmes; food purchased from EC intervention stocks, from the EC open market and from third countries. Some 250,000 tonnes of wheat were purchased out of intervention stocks for use as food aid in 1991 out of a total provided of 1.74 million tonnes of cereals.