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answer has question: UQV2aO7F
answer has answering person: dougZwFw
answer text: Mr. Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what aid arrangements are being made for assistanceto reach opposition controlled areas of Sudan; and if he will make a statement. [19601]Dr. Fox: The UK bilateral Government-to-Government aid programme to Sudan was suspended in 1991. Since then the United Kingdom hasprovided over £100 million of emergency assistance bilaterally and through the EU to the Sudanese people, including refugees. £28million of this was committed to vulnerable groups in the south affected by the civil war. The provision of emergency assistance isdetermined by need, access and security. It is not subject to political ethnic or commercial considerations.
answer given date: 1997-03-12+00:00
answer has answering body: UIV7W27r
written answer has answering body: UIV7W27r