Written question asked by Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 3 June 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 10 June 2003. It was answered by Hilary Benn (Labour) on Tuesday, 10 June 2003 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Dept for International Development

Question: To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development, in which countries, and to what purposes, the UN's Mine Action Service are putting their most recent allocation of funds from the Department. (Corrected figures on Sudan given on 24.06.2003 at 407 c687W). - Table given.

Answer: Norman Lamb: To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development in which countries, and to what purposes, the UN's Mine Action Service are putting their most recent allocation of funds from the Department. [117188] Hilary Benn: The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) has allocated funds provided by DFID during the past and current financial year to country programmes, as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Country Amount (£) Purpose Sudan 161,573 Demining Nuba mountains Sudan 65,333 Mine action co-ordination Sudan 2,333,333 Mine action centres Kosovo 171,760 Demining teams Eritrea 45,000 Mine survey Afghanistan 4,800,000 Demining Iraq 4,000,000 Demining Eritrea/Ethiopia 35,000 Mine action co-ordination DR Congo 65,333 Mine action co-ordination S. Lebanon 133,333 Mine action centre _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 117188; 406 c773W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Contributions Bomb disposal Finance Landmines UN Mine Action Service
Contains statistics: Yes
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