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Dept for International Development

Answer

Mr. Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much funding his Department has allocated to the Adam Smith Institute for work in relation to the reconstruction of Iraq; what the nature of the work is; and if he will make a statement. [188428] Hilary Benn: DFID has not allocated any funding to the Adam Smith Institute for work in relation to the reconstruction of Iraq. DFID has contracted the consultants Adam Smith International Ltd. (ASIL) to provide services to assist with reconstruction in Iraq as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Programme Contract cost (£) Programme details Emergency Public Administration Programme 3,181,205 This programme provides capacity building (EPAP) support to the Iraq public administration. Activities include the provision of long and short-term technical advice, support and training to key central ministries, to enable them to begin the process of re-establishing effective and accountable government in Iraq Technical Support to the Coalition 491,406 Provision of technical experts to the Provisional Authority (CPA) South former Coalition Provisional Authority in southern Iraq in the areas of economic reform and justice. This work completed on 28 June following the handover of sovereignty to the Iraqi Interim Government Total 3,672,611 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

424 c1524W;424 c1522W; 188428

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Contracts Development aid Consultants Iraq Reconstruction Adam Smith International

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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