HC Deb 15 December 1994 vol 251 cc782-3W
Mrs. Liddell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what funds have been made available in the current financial year to the United Nations Population Fund; and for what purpose.

Mr. Baldry

Our contribution for the 1994–95 financial year to the United Nations Population Fund's core programme was £8.5 million. This included an exceptional grant of £1.5 million to assist with follow-up work to the international conference on population and development.

Additional sums have been made available for specified purposes from bilateral programmes.

Mrs. Liddell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what funds have been made available to the International Planned Parenthood Federation in the current financial year; and for what purpose.

Mr. Baldry

Our contribution for the 1994–95 financial year to the International Planned Parenthood Federation's core programme was £7.5 million with an extra £0.45 million for its sexual health programme. Additional funds have been available for specified purposes from bilateral programmes.

Miss Lestor

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much money Her Majesty's Government pledged at the Cairo Conference on population and development to a programme to promote reproductive health and an improved quality of life and if it is his policy that this will be money additional to the existing budget and no taken from other projects that fall into the category of social development.

Mr. Baldry

At Cairo, we said we expect to commit £100 million for population and reproductive health programmes in 1994 and 1995. Funds to meet the spending against these commitments will be made available from within the overall aid programme in the relevant years. These commitments will not be at the expense of other on-going projects in the social field.

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