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Dept for International Development

Answer

Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to his answer of 14 October 2003, Official Report, column 75W on reproductive health, if he will list the activities at country level funded until the end of 2003 what the (a) structure, (b) aims, (c) methods and (d) annual funding need for each of the activities were; how much the UK has (i) pledged and (ii) delivered to each of the activities since January 2001(A) in monetary terms, (B) as a percentage of the funding total and (C) as a percentage of the yearly balance from the one-off UK contribution; and if he will make a statement. [133197] Hilary Benn: Further to my previous answer of 14 October 2003, Official Report, column 75W, the whole of the UK's £25 million contribution is used to meet commodity needs in developing countries and for condoms in countries with a high prevalence of HIV. This is a multi-donor programme, worth $96 million. Of this, 45 per cent. has been distributed to Least Developed Countries and 66 per cent. to those in most need of assistance to meet the goals from the landmark International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). Part of the UK's contribution is being used to support capacity strengthening activities to assist countries to forecast and plan their commodity requirements. The detailed information requested in the question could only be provided at disproportionate cost. This £25 million one-off contribution is in addition to the UK's core funding to UNFPA (£18 million in 2003). This is disbursed in line with the overall framework for the UK's partnership with UNFPA, set out in the Institutional Strategy Paper (ISP) published in June 2001.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

133197; 411 c605W;411 c609W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Developing countries Development aid Health services Diseases Disease control Family planning Reproduction

Link

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