HC Deb 18 May 2000 vol 350 cc245-6W
Mr. Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what is the value of(a) food aid and (b) other aid which her Department has provided

Letter from John Pullinger to Mr. Tom Brake, dated 18 May 2000: The Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has been asked to reply to your recent question about the number of recorded deaths in Bromley and North Cumbria Health Authority for the last five years. I have been asked to reply in the Director's absence. The table below gives the number of deaths that occurred in Bromley and North Cumbria Health Authorities each month, for the last five years. The 1999 Health Authority boundaries have been used to give consistent areas over the last five years.

to Ethiopia during the last month; how much she expects to provide during each of the next three months; and if she will a Statement [120214]

Mr. Foulkes

Since January 2000 we have committed over £9.0 million of bilateral food and non-food relief for Ethiopia. Food aid so far promised this year totals over 32,000 metric tonnes (MT), of which over half has been distributed or is in the process of being distributed. In addition, we contribute about 17 per cent. of the cost of EC food aid, estimated to be some 432,000 MT in 2000. 46,665 MT of EU food has already arrived in Djibouti. Non-food inputs often form part of the food aid package and have included the provision of seeds, water tankering and capacity building.