HC Deb 19 April 2004 vol 420 c394W
Norman Baker

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what land area in total was affected by drought as defined by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations in each of the last 10 years, broken down by(a) country and (b) length of drought period. [165748]

Mr. Gareth Thomas

DFID does not hold data on land area affected by drought and information in this format is not available from the FAO. To provide the data as requested would incur disproportionate cost.