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Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what public funding has been made available to or through Christian Aid in each of the last five years.
Mr. Rifkind
The Overseas Development Administration h as made the following grants to Christian Aid for the purposes stated:
| 1. For projects co-financed under the joint funding scheme | |
| £ | |
| 1980–81 | 250,000 |
| 1981–82 | 300,000 |
| 1982–83 | 330,000 |
| 1983–84 | 330,000 |
| 1984–85 | 700,000 |
| Total | 1,910,000 |
| 2. For relief or development projects in support of refugees (information for 1980–81 and 1981–82 is not readily available). | |
| £ | |
| 1982–83 | 10,000 |
| 1983–84 | 7,000 |
| Total | 17,000 |
| 3. For disaster relief | |
| £ | |
| 1982–83 | 127,949 |
| 1983–84 | 150,000 |
| 1984–85 | 1,183,087 |
| Total | 1,461,036 |
| 4. For a special disaster relief programme in Bangladesh | |
| £ | |
| 1984–85 | 113,927 |
| 5. For bilateral food aid | |
| £ | |
| 1984–85 | *150,000 |
| * All for Ethiopia. | |