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Written question asked by Adam Holloway (Conservative) on Wednesday, 23 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 28 November 2005. It was answered by Hilary Benn (Labour) on Thursday, 1 December 2005 on behalf of the Department for International Development.


Iraq

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which reconstruction projects have been (a) approved and (b) completed since the end of the Iraq war; and what the cost of each project was.
Answer

Since the end of the conflict, DFID has approved the following reconstruction programmes in Iraq:

Programme Approved commitment or actual spend if completed (£) Ongoing/completed
Governorate Teams South 3,623,271 Completed
Media project in south 6,734,860 Ongoing
Emergency Infrastructure Programme 19,650, 566 Completed
Technical Advisory Team 7,400,000 Ongoing
Southern Iraq Employment and Services Programme 17,634,811 Completed
Governorates Capacity Building Programme 20,500,000 Ongoing
Iraq Infrastructure and Services Programme 40,000,000 Ongoing
Media Training Programme 1,156,096 Completed
Emergency Public Administration Programme 4,427,288 Completed
Training in the Justice Sector 2,286,422 Ongoing
Political Participation Fund 6,250,000 Ongoing
Civil Society Fund 5,000,000 Ongoing
Support for Macroeconomic Reform 3,622,051 Completed
Support to Iraqi Electoral Commission for Iraq 170, 394 Completed
Support to Iraqi Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation 1,116,000 Ongoing
Support to Centre of Government 13,260,000 Ongoing
Supporting Economic Reform Phase Two 13,000,000 Ongoing
(6) Spent

More information on DFID programmes in Iraq can be found at:"www.dfid.gov.uk/countries/asia/iraq.asp"In addition, the Global Conflict Prevention Pool (GCPP), funded jointly by DFID, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and the Ministry of Defence, has approved £43.6 million for reconstruction projects since the end of the conflict. I shall arrange for the document entitled ‘Iraq Global Conflict Prevention Pool Projects, 2003–05' to be placed in the Libraries of the House.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
440 c689-90W;440 c689-90W; 32663
Session
2005-06
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP 05/1733
Monday, 19 December 2005
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects
Expenditure Iraq Reconstruction
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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