HC Deb 20 June 1995 vol 262 cc163-4W
Mr. Alton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will place in the Library copies of his Department's reports on the monitoring of the work of the UNFPA and IPPF. [28952]

Mr. Baldry

[holding answer 19 June 1995]: The Overseas Development Administration's recent case studies in certain countries on the work of the United Nations Population Fund and the International Planned Parenthood Federation were carried out using material and documents provided on the basis that the information and findings would be treated in confidence.

Mr. Alton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what written information was supplied to his Department prior to, at and following the last meetings of the UNFPA's governing body and the IPPF's annual donor's meeting. [28953]

Mr. Baldry

[holding answer 19 June 1995]: In respect of the United Nations population fund papers were supplied on the following: financial matters; policy and strategy; country programmes; and responses to the United Nations General Assembly resolutions on United Nations systems reform.

In respect of the International Planned Parenthood Federation the principal document provided was the annual report supplement, copies of which have already been placed in the Libraries of the House.

Mr. Alton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the Chinese Family Planning Association's response to the Chinese Government's eugenics law. [28960]

Mr. Baldry

[holding answer 19 June 1995]: We understand that the China Family Planning Association has made no public statements on the new maternal and child health law.

Mr. Alton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the number of Chinese officials convicted of abusing their powers in implementing the Chinese programme of population control. [28961]

Mr. Baldry

[holding answer 19 June 1995]: We understand that no such records are available.

Mr. Alton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what matters have been discussed at meetings between officials from the British embassy in Peking and representatives of UNFPA in China. [28955]

Mr. Baldry

[holding answer 19 June 1995]: Officials from the British embassy in Peking have periodic contact with representatives of the United Nations population fund to discuss UNFPA's work in China as well as a range of issues relating to China's population policy and its implementation.

Mr. Alton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what sum of money has been provided by the UNFPA to population control projects in China over the last 10 years; [28957]

(2) what sums of money have been provided to (a) the Chinese Family Planning Association and (b) other Chinese population control initiatives by the IPPF over the last 10 years. [28956]

Mr. Baldry

[holding answers 19 June 1995]: Neither the United Nations population fund nor the International Planned Parenthood Federation provides funds for population control projects. The IPPF has provided US$ 7.776 million to the China Family Planning Association since 1986 and the UNFPA has allocated US$ 152.451 million since 1979, for its programmes in China.

Mr. Alton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what sums of money were donated by the UNFPA and IPPF from their core budgets to countries worldwide for the last year for which figures are available; and if he will list the recipient countries together with the amounts received from each organisation. [28959]

Mr. Baldry

[holding answer 19 June 1995]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 30 November 1994, column 713.

Mr. Alton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list those occasions in the last 10 years when aid has been tied to implementation of family planning programmes by donor countries. [28954]

Mr. Baldry

[holding answer 19 June 1995]: We are not aware of any donor countries which have tied aid to the implementation of family planning programmes during the last 10 years.

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