Written question asked by Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) on Tuesday, 8 March 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 15 March 2005. It was answered by Hilary Benn (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 March 2005 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Dept for International Development

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the total cost of aid to Iraq has been since March 2003, broken down by main area of expenditure.

Answer: Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the total cost of aid to Iraq has been since March 2003, broken down by main area of expenditure. [221423] Hilary Benn: Since March 2003, DFID has disbursed £254 million for humanitarian and reconstruction assistance to Iraq. This is broken down as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ million UN Agencies in response to their 2003 Emergency Appeals 84 Red Cross and Red Crescent movement 18 Reconstruction in Southern Iraq 35 Government, Justice, Media and Civil Society 9 DFID secondments and consultants to the Coalition Provisional 24 Authority International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq (IRFFI) 70 Other multilateral contributions 9 Support for NGO projects 5 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. A further £86 million has been committed to projects which are in the process of implementation. DFID also provides 19 per cent. of European Community (EC) funding for Iraq (this is currently £38 million for 2003 and 2004). Reconstruction support to Iraq has also been provided by other Government Departments: The FCO-- £38 million for secondments to the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA); MOD--£20 million for Quick Impact Projects (QIPs); and the joint DFID/FCO/MOD Global Conflict Prevention Pool--£19 million.

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