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Written question asked by Baroness Williams of Crosby (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Baroness Amos (Labour) on Thursday, 19 January 2006.

Iraq: Reconstruction

Question
Of the $900 million they have committed for the reconstruction of Iraq since October 2003, and the $18.4 billion committed by the United States Government, how much has been diverted to other purposes, such as security; and how much has been spent on reconstruction.
Answer

The United Kingdom has pledged £544 million (US$ 900 million) for humanitarian and reconstruction assistance to Iraq between 2003 and 2006, and disbursed over £460 million. This can be broken down as follows:

Committed Disbursed
£ sterling (millions) £ sterling (millions)
DfID
United Nations Agencies in response to    2003 emergency appeals 84 84
Red Cross appeals 32 28
Reconstruction in southern Iraq 131 62
Advisory support to government, justice,    media and civil society 52 18
DfID secondments and consultants for    the Coalition Provisional Authority    (CPA) 28 24
Contribution to the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq    (IRFFI)—United Nations and World    Bank trust funds 70 70
Other multilateral contributions 11 5
NGO support 7 6
DfID Attribution of European    Commission (EC) Contribution 67
FCO secondments 38
Global Conflict Prevention Pool (GCPP) 30
MoD Quick Impact Projects 28
Grand Total 460

Of the £544 million total, we expect to disburse approximately £55 million on life-support, which includes providing security to personnel as well as other costs, such as their food and accommodation. Such life-support is necessary and integral to effective delivery of the humanitarian and reconstruction programmes above.Our £84 million contribution to the 2003 UN consolidated appeal included a £3 million contribution to the security costs of United Nations operations in Iraq.The United States’$18.4 billion Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund (IRRF) is currently broken down by sector as follows:

Apportioned Committed Disbursed
Sector US$ Millions US$ Millions US$ Millions
Security and Law    Enforcement 5,021 4,948 4,097
Electricity Sector 4,310 3,833 1,799
Oil Infrastructure 1,723 1,684 658
Justice, Public Safety and    Civil Society 1,251 1,215 674
Democracy 1,004 968 654
Education, Refugees, Human    Rights and Governance 363 339 199
Roads, Bridges and    Construction 334 291 159
Healthcare 786 727 345
Transport and    Communications 509 446 209
Water Resources and    Sanitation 2,131 1,585 695
Private Sector Development 795 794 556
Administrative Expenses 213 151 58
Total 18,439 16,982 10,102

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
3292; 677 c129-30WA
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Development aid Expenditure Iraq Security USA Reconstruction Foreign aid
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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