Written question asked by Baroness Tonge (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 25 February 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 4 March 2003. It was answered by Clare Short (Labour) on Tuesday, 4 March 2003 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Dept for International Development

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the expenditure was on humanitarian mine clearance in each year since 1997, broken down by country. - Inc table and ref to 365 c721-4W, 29 March 2001.

Answer: Dr. Tonge: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the expenditure was on humanitarian mine clearance in each year since 1997, broken down by country. [100010] Clare Short: For details relating to the period 1997 to 2000, I refer the hon. Member to the Answer I gave her on 29 March 2001 (Official Report, column 721W). The figures for 2000 to 2003 are given in the table below: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Country 2000-01 (£) 2001-02 (£) 2002-03 (£ estimated) Afghanistan 3,150,000 1,800,000 Albania 369,648 Chad 369,648 Croatia 150,000 Eritrea 544,151 694,540 Guinea Bissau 120,000 Lebanon 387,296 Nicaragua 283,000 189,000 378,000 Cambodia 1,430,571 1,000,000 500,000 Northern Iraq 616,100 500,000 500,000 Jordan 270,000 197,402 Laos 616,689 300,000 Georgia 438,616 500,000 325,000 Kosovo 8,700,000 2,000,000 Thailand 300,000 Bosnia 500,000 Croatia 326,529 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The balance of the DFID spend on Humanitarian Mine Action is via the UN and not ring fenced for specific countries.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 100010; 400 c957W;400 c948W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Development aid Bomb disposal Expenditure Humanitarian aid Landmines
Contains statistics: Yes
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