Peter Troy, humanitarian programmes manager at the Department for International Development which oversaw Britain's initial response to the disaster, said it had committed 75 million pounds (130 million dollars, 111 million euros) to the recovery effort.

"It was one of the most difficult and challenging relief efforts. This was one of the world's worst natural disasters, but there have been disasters previously that have caused more loss of life," he said.

Breaking down the figures, he said:

-- About 127,000 died in Indonesia. Some 93,000 are still missing and 443,000 people have been made homeless.

-- About 31,000 were killed in Sri Lanka with 6,300 missing.

-- In India, 11,000 died and 5,500 were missing.

-- Thailand suffered 5,400 fatalities; 5,500 are still unaccounted for.

-- Eighty-three people died in the Maldives; 25 are missing.

-- A further 450 fatalities were recorded in other states including Malaysia, Bangladesh, Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania.

Metropolitan Police Commander Cressida Dick, who was in charge of all British police operations after the tsunami, said a total of 149 British nationals -- or those closely associated with Britain -- were killed.

Of these, 129 were in Thailand, three in the Maldives and 17 in Sri Lanka.

The number included spouses and children of British nationals, plus citizens living abroad, she added.

The 52 people who died and whose deaths are not being considered by this week's inquest were either cremated or buried abroad.

Six victims are still missing.

After reading out the names of the 93 victims, she said 80 were killed in Thailand -- 23 in the Phi Phi area, 45 in Khao Lak, 10 in the Phuket area, and two in Krabi.

Ten were of British holidaymakers in six separate areas of Sri Lanka while three people died in two separate resorts in the Maldives.

Two of the 93 were German and Swiss nationals but mistakenly identified as British.

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