Written question asked by Andrew Mitchell (Conservative) on Tuesday, 12 May 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 May 2009. It was answered by Douglas Alexander (Labour) on Wednesday, 20 May 2009 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

UN Development Programme

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) how much non-core funding his Department has provided to the United Nations Development programme in each financial year since 1997-98; and to which projects in each country of operation such funding was allocated;

Answer: The "Statistics on International Development" publications, available in the House of Commons Library and at:"http://www.dfid.gov.uk/About-DFID/Finance-and-performance/DFID-Expenditure-Statistics/"provide details of total external assistance through multilateral agencies from all official UK sources. Country-level information on DFID funding for UNDP cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate costs.The UNDP/UK/Denmark Institutional Strategy (IS) 2008-11 sets out how the UK Government will work with the United Nations Development programme (UNDP) over the period 2008-11. It is available at:"http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Documents/publications/undp-is-2008-2011.pdf"The DFID Annual Report outlines the levels of financial support which supports this Institutional Strategy. This is available in the House Library or at:"http://www.dfid.gov.uk/About-DFID/Finance-and-performance/Annual-report/"

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