Burma: Overseas Aid
International Development
Written answers and statements, 29 October 2009
Andrew Mitchell (Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, International Development; Sutton Coldfield, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if his Department will provide assistance to cross-border humanitarian aid initiatives across the India-Burma border, for the purpose of supplying aid to remote parts of Chin state which cannot be reached through in-country initiatives.
Michael Foster (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for International Development; Worcester, Labour)
The Department of International Development (DFID) has no plans to provide funding for cross-border aid from India to Burma.
DFID has committed £880,000 for humanitarian assistance in response to the severe food shortages experienced in Chin State. This assistance is being delivered through the United Nations Development Programme, the World Food Programme and their local partners, which have access to all parts of Chin State from within Burma.