§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much food aid was14W promised by the European Union through ECHO to Ethiopia in 1999; and when and where it was delivered. [121094]
§ Clare ShortFood Aid is the responsibility of the EC's DG-Development rather than ECHO. The EC pledged some 150,000 metric tonnes (MT) of food aid in 1999 and delivered about 190,000MT. EU pledges against Government of Ethiopia Emergency appeals are effectively multi-annual. Food pledges one year may not be delivered in the same year. The process is in effect a rolling programme of support with food from the year before filling gaps in the food pipeline. We do not have details of where the food was distributed.