HC Deb 26 January 1998 vol 305 cc17-8W
Mr. Alasdair Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what is

Bilateral aid expenditure
£ thousand
1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97
Total emergency1 aid all countries 142,831 179,544 208,165 141,560 119,934
of which
Disaster preparedness all countries 1,119 1,939 2,782 2,891 4,303
Total DFID programme all countries 1,145,113 1,177,598 1,144,066 1,124,226 1,078,795
Total GPEX all countries 1,353,889 1,308,743 1,379,665 1,421,567 1,283,224
Emergency aid as a percentage of DIFD programme 12.47 15.25 18.20 12.59 11.12
Disaster preparedness as percentage of DFID programme 0.10 0.16 0.24 0.26 0.40
Emergency aid as a percentage of GPEX 10.55 13.72 15.09 9.96 9.35
Disaster preparedness as percentage of GPEX 0.08 0.15 0.20 0.20 0.34

Key:

1 Emergency aid includes disaster relief, emergency food aid, short term refugee relief and disaster preparedness.

1. DFID programme include all bilateral spending, financial aid, TC, ATP, programme aid, emergency aid and DFID debt relief.

2. GPEX = Gross Public Expenditure on Development Assistance (includes spending on CDC investments, other (non-DFID) debt relief and small amounts of drug related assistance funded by the Home and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices).

the frequency of those Marine Safety Agency inspections of passenger ferries at which the MSA inspectors witness emergency drills. [25279]

Ms Glenda Jackson

I have asked the Chief Executive of the Marine Safety Agency, Mr. Bradley, to write to the hon. Member.

Letter from R. M. Bradley to Mr. Alisdair Morgan, dated 26 January 1998: The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions has asked me to reply to your Question about the frequency of emergency drills on passenger ferries. Emergency drills are witnessed by inspectors of the Marine Safety Agency at least once a year on all passenger ferries inspected in the UK, and on UK registered ferries operating overseas. The frequency may be increased as required by the inspector in the exercise of his professional judgement.