HC Deb 13 December 1995 vol 268 cc662-4W
Mr. Clifton-Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many and which non-governmental organisations are being funded by the seedcorn fund for family planning and reproductive health projects; in which countries they are based; what are these projects; what is the amount of funding granted; and for what length of time. [4840]

Mr. Hanley

ODA's seedcorn fund for reproductive health presently supports 13 projects. Further details are given in the table.

Organisation Title Country Budget £000s Time in years
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Voucher system to improve health services and control sexually transmitted diseases Nicaragua 227 3
University of Cambridge Action-orientated initiative relating to female genital mutilation and fistulae Ethiopia 17 1
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Subsidising adolescent sexually transmitted disease services through a private laboratory Nigeria 91 2
Population Services International Social marketing of female condoms Bolivia, Guinea, Haiti, South Africa and Zambia 99 1
AVSC International Factors affecting the safe provision of IUDs: A service delivery perspective Russia 122 2
Family Care International Safe motherhood health posts—A community outreach strategy to maternal mortality and morbidity Mexico 80 2
Marie Stopes International Research to develop blueprints for family planning and reproductive health products and services Non-country specific 26 1
Population Services International Social marketing for reproductive health Russia 127 2
International Planned Parenthood Federation Contraceptive social marketing Latvia 218 2
Population Services International Improving health care in Zambia through the franchising of private sector clinics Zambia 52 1
Population Concern Community-based reproductive health services for young people South Africa 280 2
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Expanding choice for women: initiating and evaluating a new emergency contraceptive service in Fortaleza Brazil 172 2

Organisation Title Country Budget £000s Time in years
Marie Stopes Consultancy To ascertain the practicalities and economics of initiating a social publishing programme in Almaty Kazakhstan 6 1

Mr. Clifton-Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the total budget of the seedcorn funding for family planning and reproductive health projects for each of the years 1994 and 1995. [4839]

Mr. Hanley

ODA's seedcorn fund for reproductive health was established in 1995 to support small-scale, innovative projects to improve reproductive health in developing countries and countries with economies in transition. Expenditure in the 1994–95 financial year was £69,000. The budget for the 1995–96 financial year is £472,000.