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Mr. Ashley : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what procedures for spinal investigation have been used following the withdrawal of Myodil ; and what is their cost relative to Myodil.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : The procedures listed have been used for spinal investigations following the withdrawal from use of Myodil : (
(a) the use of water-soluble contrast media.
(b) Computed tomography without and with contrast media
and
(c) Magnetic resonance imaging.
No costings are available relative to that of using Myodil.
Mr. Ashley : To ask the Secretary of State for Health(1) whether the Committee on Safety of Medicines has at any time discussed Myodil ;
(2) whether any evidence on safety has been presented to the Committee on the Review of Medicines since Myodil was first given its reviewed product licence.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : Following completion of the review, it would be the Committee on Safety of Medicines rather than the Committee on the Review of Medicines which would be consulted if the known safety profile of a product changed so as to cause alarm. This has not been the case with Myodil.
Non-pasteurised Milk
Mr. Wallace : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment his Department has made on the health implications of the consumption of non-pasteurised milk ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) what information he has regarding incidents of illness or disease in England and Wales in the last 10 years which can be attributed to the consumption of non-pasteurised milk.
Mr. Dorrell : The Department keeps under continual review the health implications arising from the consumption of untreated milk in the light of the incidence of
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human illness associated with it. Since 1985, the retail outlets through which untreated milk can be sold in England and Wales have been severely restricted. There was a public consultation in 1989 on whether a total ban on the sale of untreated milk should be introduced. In view of the strong response from consumers who wished to continue to drink untreated milk, the Government decided not to proceed with the ban but to introduce new testing and labelling requirements to ensure that risks to health are minimised and to enable consumers to make an informed choice on whether to drink this product. New test requirements on microbiological examination were introduced on 1 April 1990 and from 1 September 1990 all such milk has been required to carry a clear warning"This milk has not been heat-treated and may therefore contain organisms harmful to health".
This enables consumers to make an informed decision on whether to use the product.
In the period 1980 to 1989, there were 112 confirmed outbreaks, accounting for 2,776 cases, of food-borne diseases associated with raw cows' milk reported to the public health laboratory service's communicable disease surveillance centre.
NHS Employees
Mr. Win Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has completed consideration of the case for further guidance to be issued to national health service employees with private practice interests in potential competition with their work in income-generating departments in the national health service.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : Officials are currently working on guidance on conflict of interests to be issued to national health service authorities in due course.
Pressure Sores
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is his most up-to-date estimate of the cost to the national health service of treating a pressure sore.
Mr. Dorrell : No specific figures or sufficiently detailed data on which to base a realistic estimate are collected centrally.
Organ Donors
Sir Michael McNair-Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether any financial assistance is provided to the next of kin of organ donors for the cost of the subsequent funeral arrangements.
Sir Michael McNair-Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information he has concerning the total cost of removing a range of organs from a donor whose next of kin has consented to organ donations ; how many transplant teams will be involved ; and what is the approximate time an operating theatre will be required.
Mr. Dorrell : The resources required to remove organs depend on a number of factors such as the donor's medical condition. We are currently considering the possibility of identifying the costs incurred in organ donation.
Sir Michael McNair-Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many neuro-intensive care units in
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England and Wales are involved in transplantation ; and how many have produced organ donors in the past five years, unit by unit.Mr. Dorrell : This information is not collected centrally in the form requested.
Gloucester District Health Authority
Mr. Mullin : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give the size of population served by Gloucester district health authority in 1979 and 1990, and the proportion of the population aged over 60 years in 1979 and 1990.
Mr. Dorrell : The estimated resident population of Gloucester district health authority at mid-1989, the latest date for which an estimate is available, is 315,800 of whom 21.1 per cent. are aged 60 and over. The estimated population for the same area at mid-1979 is 297,600, of whom 19.3 per cent. were aged 60 and over.
Mr. Mullin : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by category the number of staff employed by the Gloucester district health authority (a) in 1979 and (b) in 1990.
Mr. Dorrell : The table shows the figures for 1982 and 1989. Due to the reorganisation of health authority boundaries in 1982, information on the number of staff employed by health authorities in Gloucestershire prior to this date is not comparable with later years. The hon. Member may wish to write to Ms. R. Frichie, the chairman of Gloucester health authority, for information in 1990, which is not held centrally.
NHS Staff in Post by Main Staff Groups
at 30 September for 1982 and 1989
Gloucester District Health Authority
Whole-time Equivalents<1>
Main Staff Groups |1982 |1989
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Medical and Dental<2> |170 |130
Nursing and Midwifery<3> |2,330 |2,370
Professional and Technical |400 |450
(Excluding Works)
Works |20 |10
Maintenance |120 |80
Administrative and Clerical |530 |590
(Including Managers)
Ambulance |230 |240
Ancillary |900 |640
|--- |---
Total |4,690 |4,530
Source: Department of health (SM13) annual censuses of NHS medical and non-medical
manpower.
<1> All figures are independently rounded to the nearest ten (10 whole-time
equivalents.
<2> Includes Permanent Paid Honorary staff and locums. Excludes Consultants and
Senior Registrars in Non-Teaching District Health Authorities and Senior
Registrars in Teaching District Health Authorities. These still have their
contract with the RHA.
<3> Includes agency staff.
Mr. Mullin : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will provide the number of hospital beds available in the Gloucester district health authority area in 1979 and 1990 and the projected total for 1992.
Mr. Dorrell : Between 1979 and 1989-90, the average daily number of beds in national health service hospitals in Gloucester district health authority, taking boundary
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changes into account, reduced from 2,192 to 1,664. Over the period 1979 to 1989-90 the total number of in-patient discharges and deaths and day case attendances rose by 26 per cent. from 33,000 to 42,000. The hon. Member may wish to write to Ms. R. Frichie, the chairman of Gloucester health authority, for estimates for 1992 which are not held centrally.Feline Immunodeficiency Virus
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information he has on the extent of FIV infection in cats and the potential threat to human health.
Mr. Maclean : I have been asked to reply.
Feline immunodeficiency virus--FIV--has been identified in cat populations in numerous countries, but it is most prevalent in free-roaming cats. Most cats recover from the disease but become lifelong carriers of the virus. The infection rate in the limited surveys that have taken place in the United Kingdom has ranged from 5 to 23 per cent. of the cats tested. There is no evidence to link FIV to any human disease.
AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
Animal Welfare
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list those husbandry systems he described as unacceptable in his answer to the hon. Member for Calder Valley (Mr. Thompson) of 25 July, Official Report, column 251.
Mr. Maclean : The systems were described in the Farm Animal Welfare Council's assessment of pig production systems. The council drew attention in particular to the welfare problems with stall and tether systems for dry sows, the "sweat box" system for keeping growing pigs and multi-tier cages for weaners.
Expert Advisory Committees
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will now establish a register of interests for members of Government expert advisory committees.
Mr. Maclean : The interests which members of the Veterinary Products Committee have in the pharmaceutical industry are published each year in its annual report of which copies are in the Library. Independent members of the Advisory Committee on Pesticides are currently appointed on the basis that they have no interests in the pesticides industry. But in order to widen the pool of expertise available we are now considering replacing this restriction by the introduction of a system based on a register of declared interests. We are considering this issue in relation to other committees advising on food safety matters, but have not reached a conclusion.
Food Surveillance
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what plans he has to ensure a consumer representative sits on the steering group on food surveillance ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Maclean : The steering group on food surveillance advises the Government on the detailed scientific aspects
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of their food chemical surveillance work. The members of the group are experts who are individually qualified to contribute to this work. Specific consumer protection issues which arise are considered by the Food Advisory Committee which has consumer representatives amongst its members.Farmers
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which specific EEC regulations exist to allow the provision of financial assistance to farmers adversely affected by structural changes.
Mr. Curry : Council regulation 797/85, as amended by Council regulations 3827/85, 2224/86, 1760/87, 1094/88, 1137/88, 591/89, 1609/89, 3808/89, 752/90 and 2176/90 and Commission regulation 2156/89, covers a wide range of structural measures available to farmers generally. Regulations 1696/71, 1035/72, and 1360/78, 389/82 and 1096/88, all of which were also amended by regulation 3808/89, deal with structural measures which are specific to particular sectors or countries other than the United Kingdom. In addition, there is a specific income aids scheme covered by Council regulations 768/89 and 3813/89 as amended by regulation 1279/90.
Seals and Dolphins
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what steps he is taking to prevent the disappearance of seal and dolphins from United Kingdom waters.
Mr. Curry : Seals are given basic protection against indiscriminate killing by the Conservation of Seals Act 1970. The Government have by order extended this safeguard in the wake of the recent viral epidemic which in particular has affected the common seal. The United Kingdom populations of seals number over 100,000.
Dolphins are protected against deliberate capture by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and the Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act 1934. A United Kingdom initiative led to the adoption by the North sea conference forum earlier this year of a plan concerned with conservation of all species of small cetacean.
Food Industry
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what steps he is taking to encourage the food industry to reduce the levels of sugar in foods.
Mr. Curry : Following the recommendations of the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy report on dietary sugars and human disease and the advice contained in the recent Government publication "Eight Guidelines for a Healthy Diet", both of which are available in the Library of the House, the food industry is responding to consumers' demand by providing a wide and increasing range of less sugary foods. We are continuing to encourage the declaration of total sugars as part of nutrition declarations which now commonly appear on food labels so that consumers can make informed choices.
Irish sea
Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for which countries the Hague preference applies in the Irish sea ; if he will apply to have
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the Hague preference extended to Northern Ireland ; and if he will make a statement about fish quotas in the Irish sea for 1991.Mr. Curry : The Hague preference areas are the northern parts of the United Kingdom which includes Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. In the Irish sea, Hague preference is provided for cod, whiting, plaice and sole for both countries but for each of these the trigger point for the preference is higher for the Republic of Ireland.
The Commission's proposals for TACs and quotas for 1991 for the Irish sea which are set out in an un-numbered explanatory memorandum of 11 December, will be considered by the Council of Fisheries Ministers on 19 December. Under these proposals if they were to be agreed unchanged the Republic of Ireland could invoke Hague preference for cod, whiting and plaice.
Mink
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on how many occasions in each of the last three years his inspectors have supervised, examined or monitored the slaughter of farmed mink by injection.
Mr. Maclean : Officers of the state veterinary service monitored the slaughter of mink by injection once in 1988 and once in 1989. At the visits to fur farms so far in 1990, at which slaughter was observed on four occasions, the method used was gassing rather than injection.
Slaughter
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his answer of 26 November, Official Report, column 316, how he ensures that slaughter of livestock other than in a licensed abattoir is carried out with due care and humanity.
Mr. Maclean : On-farm slaughter is an unpredictable event and, as such, cannot be routinely monitored. Officers of the state veterinary service are available to advise on humane slaughter to ensure that livestock owners are able to meet their legal obligations.
Soil Erosion
Mr. John Garrett : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his Department will initiate research into the extent to which soil erosion contributes to the deposition of phosphates in water courses.
Mr. Curry : This Department is currently reviewing the need for further research into this matter.
Soil Survey and Land Research Centre
Mr. John Garrett : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what reductions in funding and staffing of the Soil Survey are proposed for 1990-91.
Mr. Curry : No reduction in funding of the Soil Survey and Land Research Centre has taken place in 1990-91. In the current financial year the Department will be spending £552,800 on research at the Soil Survey and Land Research Centre. Changes in staffing arrangements are regarded as an internal matter to be handled solely by the Soil Survey and Land Research Centre's management.
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Water Erosion
Mr. John Garrett : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) if a report on the 1989-90 water erosion monitoring scheme will be published ;
(2) if he proposes to continue his Department's water erosion monitoring scheme in 1991.
Mr. Curry : The research project into the control of water erosion in arable crops, began in 1988-89 and the first year's work is being evaluated. The project is due for review in 1992, when the results will be published.
Spongiform Encephalopathy
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the result of the laboratory test for spongiform encephalopathy carried out on the antelope calf which died at London zoo on 12 November.
Mr. Gummer [pursuant to his reply, 28 November 1990, c. 441] : The examination of the brain tissue of the greater kudu put down at London zoo on 13 November has been carried out by the central veterinary laboratory and a spongiform encephalopathy has been confirmed.
The animal was born in April 1989 and was the offspring of a greater kudu in which a similar encephalopathy was confirmed in August 1989. Investigations into the cause of the disease in this kudu are continuing.
Pentobarbitone
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what regulations govern the use of pentobarbitone ; and what restrictions are placed on its purchase, ownership and use.
Mr. John Patten : I have been asked to reply.
Pentobarbitone is a barbiturate compound which is used as a sedative and anaesthetic in clinical and veterinary practice. It is used particularly in the killing and putting down of animals. Supply and possession of the drug are subject to restrictions under both the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and the Medicines Act 1968. The effect is that it may be purchased for professional use by medical, dental and
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veterinary practitioners and by others against a prescription issued by a practitioner ; and any person may lawfully possess the drug for medical, dental or veterinary purposes in accordance with the directions of a practitioner. Under the Misuse of Drugs Act, the unlawful possession of pentobarbitone is punishable, on indictment, by up to five years' imprisonment or a fine--or both.OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
Vietnam (Aid)
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the restrictions on aid to Vietnam ; and if he has proposals to lift them.
Mrs. Chalker : The Government have no direct aid programme for Vietnam and no immediate plans to begin one. However, I am keeping this question under review. We provide financial support to British non- governmental organisations for projects in Vietnam through our joint funding scheme, under which we meet 50 per cent. of costs, and through a special scheme for two northern provinces of Vietnam from which most of the boat people came, under which the Overseas Development Administration meets 80 per cent. of costs. The European Community is now preparing to provide reintegration assistance for boat people returnees and the Goverment will contribute to the cost.
Southern Africa
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much aid each OECD donor has given to the Southern Africa Development Co-ordination Conference and for which Southern Africa Development Co-ordination Conference programme since 1985.
Mrs. Chalker : Full details of other donors' assistance to the Southern Africa Development Co-ordination Conference is not readily available. Net official development assistance from OECD donors to the member states of the Southern Africa Development Co-ordination Conference from 1985 to 1988, the last year for which figures are available, is as set out in the tables.
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Net official development assistance 1985 (£ million)
DAC countries |Angola |Botswana |Lesotho |Malawi |Mozambique |Namibia |Swaziland |Tanzania |Zambia |Zimbabwe |Total
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Australia |- |0.35 |0.21 |0.35 |1.07 |0.02 |0.25 |3.13 |1.67 |3.18 |10.24
Austria |1.06 |- |- |- |2.20 |- |- |0.32 |0.19 |0.35 |4.12
Belgium |0.10 |0.03 |0.04 |0.02 |1.00 |0.03 |0.07 |2.81 |1.03 |0.41 |5.54
Canada |1.37 |3.79 |3.96 |3.32 |3.68 |-0.89 |3.39 |23.44 |8.42 |13.37 |63.85
Denmark |0.69 |1.70 |1.33 |3.95 |4.67 |- |-0.01 |28.56 |4.75 |4.60 |50.23
Finland |0.16 |0.02 |0.36 |0.02 |2.43 |1.06 |- |12.82 |9.11 |3.44 |29.41
France |1.04 |0.26 |0.16 |2.49 |15.65 |- |0.54 |1.13 |0.52 |4.07 |25.23
Germany |1.91 |10.17 |6.29 |9.15 |3.72 |1.07 |1.34 |25.37 |14.45 |21.06 |94.52
Ireland |- |- |2.27 |- |- |- |- |2.14 |1.84 |0.27 |6.52
Italy |12.58 |0.01 |0.56 |0.04 |21.57 |- |0.23 |26.86 |1.00 |5.76 |68.62
Japan |- |0.02 |0.52 |3.76 |3.36 |- |0.58 |21.97 |31.82 |6.59 |68.61
Netherlands |6.21 |1.62 |0.62 |2.01 |19.15 |0.09 |0.33 |28.48 |12.10 |13.68 |84.28
New Zealand |- |0.01 |- |0.01 |- |- |- |0.04 |0.01 |0.01 |0.07
Norway |0.23 |8.53 |0.59 |0.35 |10.38 |0.20 |0.14 |35.04 |12.87 |6.43 |80.76
Sweden |14.43 |5.65 |5.31 |- |26.20 |- |- |37.78 |17.65 |18.15 |125.18
Switzerland |0.65 |0.03 |0.52 |0.03 |2.72 |- |0.02 |4.67 |3.40 |1.67 |13.70
United Kingdom |0.16 |4.89 |2.35 |10.68 |7.26 |0.60 |0.59 |17.43 |17.59 |18.98 |80.54
United States of America |5.40 |8.49 |14.66 |4.63 |36.26 |- |6.17 |15.43 |27.77 |43.20 |161.99
|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |---
DAC total |45.99 |45.56 |39.76 |40.81 |167.30 |2.19 |13.64 |287.42 |166.19 |165.21 |974.06
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Net official development assistance 1986 (£'million)
DAC countries |Angola |Botswana |Lesotho |Malawi |Mozambique |Namibia |Swaziland |Tanzania |Zambia |Zimbabwe |Total
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Australia |- |0.30 |0.16 |0.26 |2.23 |0.03 |0.11 |2.03 |0.29 |1.19 |7.47
Austria |0.82 |0.01 |0.01 |- |0.74 |0.05 |0.01 |0.49 |0.25 |0.37 |3.10
Belgium |0.12 |0.11 |0.04 |0.02 |0.19 |- |0.42 |2.18 |0.99 |0.54 |5.21
Canada |2.56 |5.17 |1.19 |0.98 |3.61 |- |1.04 |18.54 |9.10 |7.62 |56.34
Denmark |3.06 |4.57 |1.25 |2.37 |9.37 |- |1.86 |37.44 |6.59 |6.50 |82.59
Finland |0.76 |0.27 |0.29 |0.10 |3.64 |1.61 |0.01 |19.72 |11.33 |2.93 |45.01
France |4.26 |1.04 |0.27 |2.60 |19.48 |0.03 |0.67 |1.36 |2.24 |3.49 |40.08
Germany |2.82 |8.50 |8.17 |19.83 |7.78 |1.38 |1.96 |30.68 |22.19 |27.83 |148.34
Ireland |- |0.07 |2.48 |0.01 |0.01 |- |0.03 |1.90 |1.90 |0.44 |7.71
Italy |21.52 |0.18 |0.86 |1.58 |37.98 |0.30 |0.47 |19.16 |9.29 |3.52 |107.29
Japan |0.32 |0.84 |0.43 |10.98 |10.57 |- |0.35 |23.87 |35.61 |2.96 |97.20
Netherlands |11.44 |3.15 |0.67 |3.83 |24.59 |0.15 |0.53 |41.42 |32.36 |16.48 |152.27
New Zealand |- |0.05 |0.01 |- |- |- |- |0.05 |- |0.02 |0.15
Norway |0.20 |7.98 |0.49 |0.03 |21.69 |0.16 |- |48.98 |19.58 |11.15 |124.72
Sweden |10.12 |11.11 |4.56 |- |46.96 |- |1.67 |72.56 |30.29 |14.22 |216.60
Switzerland |0.89 |0.13 |0.60 |0.01 |2.18 |- |- |13.11 |0.14 |2.37 |21.98
United Kingdom |0.31 |5.61 |3.75 |7.85 |6.18 |0.74 |2.31 |11.53 |29.99 |10.46 |89.05
United States of America |4.77 |6.82 |12.96 |7.50 |20.46 |- |5.46 |5.46 |25.92 |18.41 |121.88
|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |---
DAC total |63.99 |55.91 |38.19 |57.95 |217.66 |4.45 |16.90 |350.49 |238.07 |130.49 |1,328.00
Net official development assistance 1987 (£'million)
DAC countries |Angola |Botswana |Lesotho |Malawi |Mozambique |Namibia |Swaziland |Tanzania |Zambia |Zimbabwe |Total
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Australia |0.01 |0.32 |0.02 |0.08 |2.89 |0.01 |0.37 |1.21 |0.22 |0.49 |7.10
Austria |0.86 |0.01 |0.02 |- |2.58 |- |0.34 |1.64 |1.40 |0.17 |8.44
Belgium |0.08 |0.92 |0.01 |0.02 |0.59 |- |0.21 |1.29 |4.42 |0.60 |10.30
Canada |0.28 |6.49 |1.52 |4.58 |14.75 |0.03 |1.06 |21.99 |15.66 |6.18 |91.70
Denmark |3.68 |11.34 |0.98 |7.12 |9.06 |1.83 |3.92 |30.02 |2.14 |4.99 |94.90
Finland |1.70 |0.13 |0.18 |0.14 |5.91 |3.81 |0.02 |20.86 |16.05 |4.35 |67.20
France |2.28 |1.71 |1.62 |3.03 |24.02 |0.09 |0.20 |3.15 |0.95 |8.95 |58.15
Germany |3.66 |13.02 |6.43 |18.05 |18.10 |2.42 |2.26 |36.75 |22.71 |27.14 |190.30
Ireland |- |0.04 |2.70 |0.01 |0.01 |0.01 |0.04 |1.86 |2.02 |0.68 |9.31
Italy |17.32 |0.03 |0.84 |2.39 |82.57 |- |0.45 |119.45 |22.04 |15.92 |329.97
Japan |0.84 |0.06 |1.32 |31.44 |10.73 |- |0.10 |28.10 |25.43 |5.38 |130.73
Netherlands |9.51 |3.29 |1.04 |6.61 |30.90 |0.34 |0.44 |45.24 |18.03 |21.53 |173.10
New Zealand |- |0.12 |- |- |- |- |- |0.07 |- |0.07 |0.33
Norway |0.54 |10.37 |0.16 |0.09 |21.55 |0.06 |0.29 |45.91 |19.49 |13.44 |141.45
Sweden |14.50 |8.68 |4.97 |0.20 |33.24 |- |0.16 |45.67 |15.52 |20.08 |182.07
Switzerland |0.49 |0.02 |0.84 |0.39 |14.28 |- |0.04 |10.35 |0.98 |0.58 |35.36
United Kingdom |0.26 |6.51 |3.88 |19.31 |21.55 |0.97 |1.24 |23.76 |23.49 |9.98 |140.26
United States of America |3.66 |12.81 |11.59 |10.37 |33.56 |- |7.32 |0.61 |23.75 |21.36 |154.28
|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |---
DAC total |59.66 |75.87 |38.13 |103.83 |326.29 |9.55 |18.12 |438.92 |211.31 |161.89 |1,824.94
Net official development assistance 1988 (£'million)
DAC countries |Angola |Botswana |Lesotho |Malawi |Mozambique |Namibia |Swaziland |Tanzania |Zambia |Zimbabwe |Total
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Australia |- |0.84 |- |- |6.15 |- |- |1.67 |1.76 |0.76 |15.35
Austria |0.36 |0.01 |0.02 |0.01 |0.75 |- |- |1.02 |0.38 |0.16 |3.72
Belgium |0.21 |0.06 |0.01 |0.06 |0.94 |- |0.25 |3.76 |2.77 |0.69 |12.03
Canada |3.34 |3.46 |1.27 |3.19 |16.70 |- |0.98 |17.04 |17.06 |8.81 |98.72
Denmark |2.39 |3.93 |2.62 |2.55 |8.98 |- |2.19 |43.68 |4.65 |6.94 |107.09
Finland |0.73 |0.21 |0.10 |0.04 |10.30 |2.30 |0.01 |37.74 |13.38 |1.75 |91.46
France |3.26 |0.75 |2.35 |1.97 |13.94 |0.01 |0.02 |1.48 |0.83 |6.16 |42.28
Germany |4.03 |8.04 |5.95 |15.28 |13.80 |4.36 |1.58 |38.21 |29.19 |22.53 |196.46
Ireland |- |- |1.95 |0.03 |0.04 |- |0.06 |2.08 |1.57 |0.33 |8.31
Italy |13.66 |1.04 |0.19 |2.97 |160.98 |- |2.30 |43.19 |22.17 |6.20 |347.24
Japan |-1.12 |11.53 |0.67 |21.41 |8.32 |- |0.02 |54.29 |50.86 |14.67 |220.74
Netherlands |6.98 |2.43 |- |6.07 |27.71 |0.71 |1.07 |44.28 |14.47 |12.21 |159.32
New Zealand |- |0.03 |- |- |- |- |- |0.21 |0.02 |- |0.35
Norway |2.53 |10.12 |2.52 |1.34 |25.09 |0.06 |0.07 |44.38 |22.59 |13.32 |167.66
Sweden |18.33 |11.86 |3.64 |0.04 |46.32 |- |- |56.24 |20.09 |12.96 |232.88
Switzerland |0.97 |- |0.89 |0.02 |3.62 |- |- |8.13 |0.12 |0.69 |19.83
United Kingdom |0.51 |7.08 |4.88 |29.79 |29.26 |2.03 |-1.39 |33.20 |16.59 |17.06 |191.03
United States of America |3.37 |8.98 |11.79 |16.84 |33.68 |- |5.61 |8.42 |10.11 |5.61 |143.48
|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |---
DAC total |59.54 |70.38 |38.84 |101.60 |406.60 |9.47 |12.77 |439.02 |228.60 |130.87 |2,057.94
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Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much the EC has given to SADCC since 1985 ; and for which programmes.
Mrs. Chalker : SADCC's allocation under the sixth European development fund--1985-1990--is 141 mecu (about £99 million). Sixty- nine mecu of this has been committed so far, to the following projects :
Karonga-Ibanda Road
Beira Port Rehabilitation
Tazama Pipeline Rehabilitation
Land/Water Management Training Centre
Mananga Agricultural Management Training
Inchope-Machipanda Road
In addition SADCC member countries were allocated a total of 776 mecu-- about £543 million--in their EDF VI national indicative programmes. Under the seventh European development
fund--1990-1995--SADCC has received an initial allocation of 121 mecu-- about £85 million--to be focused mainly on transport, food and agriculture and SADCC member countries have been allocated a total of a further 1,007 mecu--£705 million--in their national indicative programmes.
Poland
Mr. Janner : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list all aid currently being given by the United Kingdom to Poland.
Mrs. Chalker : I refer the hon. and learned Gentleman to the reply I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Dover (Mr. Shaw) on 10 December at column 281.
UNRWA
Mr. Atkinson : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much Her Majesty's Government have donated to the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for each year since 1979 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs. Chalker : The amounts are as follows :
|£ million
------------------------------
1979 |4.4
1980 |4.5
1981 |5.0
1982 |5.0
1983 |5.0
1984 |6.0
1985 |5.0
1986 |5.0
1987 |<1>5.25
1988 |5.25
1989 |<2>5.623
1990 |<2>5.64
<1> Includes a total of £1.25
million earmarked for
Lebanon.
<2> Includes a total of £263,
000 for a feasibility study
commissioned by UNRWA from
Llewelyn-Davies Planning
Limited.
Kurdish Refugees
Mr. Atkinson : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much aid Her Majesty's Government have provided to Kurdish refugees for each year since 1979 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs. Chalker : As I informed the House on 2 April at column 415, the Government have provided two grants
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totalling £550,000 to assist Iraqi Kurds in Turkey and ethnic Turkish refugees from Bulgaria. The first grant of £250,000 was made in November 1988 and the second of £300,000 in July 1989. Both grants were provided through the Turkish Red Crescent Society. There have been no further developments.Lebanon
Mr. Atkinson : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much aid Her Majesty's Government have provided to Palestinian and other local refugees in Lebanon for each year since 1979 ; and if he will make a statement.
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