Written question asked by Tim Loughton (Conservative) on Thursday, 25 February 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 2 March 1999. It was answered by Clare Short (Labour) on Tuesday, 2 March 1999 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Dept for International Development

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department's budget designated for landmine clearance related activity was spent on (a) conferences, (b) transport costs for officials, (c) meetings between officials and (d) research and development in the last year for which information is available. - Inc figs.

Answer: Mr. Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proportion of her Department's budget designated for landmine clearance related activity was spent on (a) conferences, (b) transport costs for officials, (c) meetings between officials and (d) research and development in the last year for which information is available. [74217] Clare Short: In 1998-99 we have contributed about (a) 1 per cent. to support civil society participation at international conferences central to the Ottawa process; (b) 0.2 per cent. for official travel to and participation in international conferences, technical discussions and project monitoring; (c) meetings between government officials are not funded from the humanitarian mine action budget; (d) research and development 9.3 per cent.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 326 c681W; 74217
Session: 1998-99
Subjects: Development aid Bomb disposal Finance Landmines Transport Research Conferences
Contains statistics: Yes