§ Mr. KeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to what extent funding for HIV programmes will be affected by the ODA expenditure review. [33264]
§ Mr. HanleyODA's fundamental expenditure review will not affect ODA's spend on HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. ODA expenditure on these has increased from £7.316 million in 1990–91 to £9.43 million in 1994–95. In 1996–97, ODA expects to spend around £10 million on preventing HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
§ Mr. KeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the current estimate of the number of orphaned children in countries affected by the HIV epidemic. [33263]
§ Mr. HanleyReliable figures on the present number of children orphaned worldwide as a result of HIV/AIDS are not available, but estimates from the joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS—UNAIDS—suggest that there have been 8.5 million maternal orphans under the age of 15 due to HIV/AIDS since the start of the pandemic, more than 8 million of these in sub-Saharan Africa. Other sources estimate that 15 million children in sub-Saharan Africa have lost both parents to the HIV/AIDS disease.