Written question asked by Paul Flynn (Labour) on Wednesday, 18 October 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 1 November 2000. It was answered by John Battle (Labour) on Wednesday, 1 November 2000 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much has been contributed by his Department towards the funding of United Nations Drug Control Programme research during each of the last five years for which figures are available. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much has been contributed by his Department towards the funding of United Nations Drug Control Programme research during each of the last five years for which figures are available. [134276] Mr. Battle: There was no FCO spending on research programmes of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) in the financial years 1995-96 or 1996-97. Figures since then are as follows: 1997-98--£100,000 for research into pleospora papaveracea 1998-99--£58,281 for assessment of drug abuse in Iran 1999-2000--£1,051,748 for surveys of coca and poppy cultivation in Columbia, Peru and Afghanistan and studies of the drugs trade in Afghanistan. In addition, in 1999-2000 the FCO contributed £100,000 to the UNDCP Caribbean Coordination Mechanism, of which a proportion, not readily disaggregated, contributes to collection of information on the drug problem in the Caribbean region.

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