Written question asked by Tom Cox (Labour) on Thursday, 10 March 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 17 March 2005. It was answered by Denis MacShane (Labour) on Thursday, 17 March 2005 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what financial assistance has been given by (a) the Government and (b) the EU to the Northern Cyprus Administration in each of the last three years; and for what projects.

Answer: Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what financial assistance has been given by (a) the Government and (b) the EU to the Northern Cyprus Administration in each of the last three years; and for what projects. [221545] Mr. MacShane: The British Government have given no financial assistance to the Turkish Cypriot Administration. Our high commission has funded a number of projects in north Cyprus all designed to help bring Turkish Cypriots closer to the EU, to encourage re- unification of the island and to make a future settlement less costly and easier to implement. Most EU assistance still awaits agreement on the relevant regulation--details of projects undertaken in the interim may be obtained from the European Commission.

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