HC Deb 22 February 1993 vol 219 c440W
Mr. Harry Greenway

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many people in(a) Somalia and (b) Eritrea are now estimated to be receiving daily food support from the United Kingdom; at what cost; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

Since January 1992, we have pledged 48,100 tonnes of bilateral food aid worth £7,798,000 to Somalia and 17,596 tonnes worth £3,829,000 to Eritrea. It has all been delivered. Bilateral food aid is channelled through the World Food Programme, the International Committee of the Red Cross and British non-governmental organisations who distribute it according to need: actual numbers of those receiving food financed by the United Kingdom are not readily available.

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