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Dept for International Development

Answer

Dr. Tonge: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much was spent by Government on (a) humanitarian mine clearance, (b) commercial mine clearance, (c) military initiative mine clearance, (d) mine awareness, (e) victim assistance and (f) research and development for mine clearance in each year since 1996. [155893] Clare Short: Disbursements are as follows: £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 (a) Humanitarian mine {3}4,288,860 {3}4,149,642 {3}3,990,468 12,300,000 clearance{1} {4}65,082 {4}200,000 {4}250,000 {4}35,000 (b) Military initiative -- -- 205,000 -- mine{2} -- -- {5}125,000 -- (c) Mine awareness 70,000 {4}250,000 -- 1,292,339 (d) Research and development -- 376,673 548,343 500,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Includes clearance of anti-personnel landmines and other unexploded ordnance as well as mines awareness. As programmes are often integrated separate costs of awareness are not available. {2} Military mine clearance have taken place in the Balkans since 1992. Military advisers have been attached to UN Mine Action Centres assisting in the development of mine action programmes. They have also supervised the mine clearance carried out by the Entity Armed Forces and provided mine awareness to local populations. The Mine Information Training Centre (MITC) at Minley has provided mine awareness training to over 30,000 people. The MOD has also continued to monitor minefields in the Falkland Islands. This work is part of the wider responsibilities of those involved and is impossible to cost accurately. {3} Includes integrated mine awareness activities. {4} Payment made from Foreign and Commonwealth Office funds. {5} Value of surplus equipment re-deployed to mine clearance projects. Notes: 1. Figures for 2000-01 will be available June 2001. 2. Expenditure by Department of International Development (DFID) unless otherwise indicated. DFID has not funded commercial mine clearance. There are no records of UK commercial demining activities currently available in Department of Trade and Industry.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

365 c721-2W;365 c721W; 155893

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Developing countries Development aid Bomb disposal Expenditure Humanitarian aid Landmines

Contains statistics

Yes

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