§ Mr. Harry GreenwayTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many people are estimated now to be receiving British food relief on a regular basis; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydMost United Kingdom food aid is for relief purposes and is not targeted to any group of people on a regular basis. In 1992–93 the United Kingdom supplied over 244,000 tonnes of food aid to developing countries, in addition to paying for our share of European Community food aid. This would in theory be enough to provide around 1.4 million people with their basic needs for a year. But in practice no single group is wholly dependent on food aid from the United Kingdom.