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Dept for International Development

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Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much (a) monetary aid and (b) aid in kind his Department has (i) pledged and (ii) delivered to (A) El Salvador, (B) Georgia, (C) Honduras, (D) Kazakhstan, (E) Macedonia, (F) Moldova, (G) Mongolia and (H) Nicaragua (1) in each financial year since 1997-98 and (2) in each month since January 2003; what new programmes his Department has (x) initiated and (y) funded in each country since January 2003; and if he will make a statement. [185715] Mr. Gareth Thomas: The following table shows how much monetary aid and aid in kind DFID has delivered in each financial year since 1997-98. Bilateral aid by country £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Monetary aid Technical Aid and trade Grants and Humanitarian DFID debt Total DFID cooperation provision other aid in assistance1 relief2 programme3 kind El Salvador 1997-98 -- 25 -- 187 -- -- 211 1998-99 -- 8 -- 252 39 -- 299 1999-2000 -- 3 -- 315 -- -- 318 2000-01 -- -- -- 369 1,451 -- 1,820 2001-02 -- -- -- 271 160 -- 431 2002-03 -- 76 -- 235 27 -- 338 2003-044 -- 8 -- 99 -- -- 107 Honduras 1997-98 -- 627 -- 259 -- 280 1,166 1998-99 -- 444 -- 330 1,526 280 2,580 1999-2000 -- 579 -- 537 608 373 2,097 2000-01 -- 305 -- 691 2 373 1,371 2001-02 -- 430 -- 465 -- 324 1,220 2002-03 -- 231 -- 317 434 93 1,075 2003-044 -- 453 -- 251 -- 93 797 Kazakhstan 1997-98 -- 1,978 -- 118 50 -- 2,145 1998-99 -- 1,284 -- 58 -- -- 1,342 1999-2000 -- 993 -- 83 -- -- 1,077 2000-01 -- 821 -- 76 -- -- 896 2001-02 -- 674 -- 25 -- -- 699 2002-03 -- 688 -- 32 -- -- 720 2003-044 -- 1,212 -- 21 -- -- 1,233 Nicaragua 1997-98 -- 414 -- 511 50 36 1,011 1997-99 -- 204 -- 413 1,379 -- 1,996 1999-2000 -- 270 -- 549 334 -- 1,153 1999-01 -- 161 -- 464 11 -- 636 2000-02 -- 125 -- 338 150 -- 613 2001-03 -- 626 -- 417 -- -- 1,043 2003-044 255 241 -- 534 -- -- 1,029 Georgia 1997-98 -- 714 -- 72 317 -- 1,103 1998-99 -- 739 -- 45 488 -- 1,272 1999-2000 -- 582 -- 36 340 -- 958 2000-01 -- 827 -- 5 1,956 -- 2,789 2001-02 -- 1,947 -- 86 414 -- 2,447 2002-03 -- 1,679 -- 131 575 -- 2,386 2003-044 -- 1,701 -- 94 301 -- 2,096 Moldova 1997-98 -- 608 -- 38 -- -- 645 1998-99 -- 795 -- 30 -- -- 825 1999-2000 -- 754 -- 75 -- -- 829 2000-01 -- 1,034 -- 40 -- -- 1,074 2001-02 -- 1,582 -- 2 -- -- 1,584 2002-03 -- 3,352 -- 3 -- -- 3,354 2003-044 -- 2,383 -- 49 -- -- 2,433 Macedonia (FYR of) 1997-98 -- 666 -- 58 -- -- 725 1998-99 -- 481 -- 48 1 -- 530 1999-2000 -- 837 -- 50 11,409 -- 12,296 2000-01 -- 1,151 -- 98 936 -- 2,185 2001-02 3,000 1,564 -- 71 3,430 -- 8,066 2002-03 -- 1,620 -- 77 94 -- 1,791 2003-044 -- 1,255 -- 105 80 -- 1,440 Mongolia 1997-98 -- 81 -- 378 -- -- 458 1998-99 -- 89 -- 380 -- -- 470 1999-2000 -- 35 -- 255 32 -- 322 2000-01 -- 536 -- 275 597 -- 1,408 2001-02 -- 206 -- 247 89 -- 542 2002-03 -- 129 -- 166 100 -- 395 2003-044 -- 14 -- 253 -- -- 267 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Humanitarian assistance comprises food aid and other humanitarian assistance. 2 This comprises both interest and principal foregone under retrospective terms adjustment. Amounts reported are repayments which would have fallen due each year. 3 2001-02 is a unique year in that total DFID expenditure is understated by around £140 million due to move to resource accounting. 4 Figures for 2003-04 are provisional. DFID does not keep monthly records of pledges or expenditures specifically in terms of aid in kind or monetary aid. The following table shows new programmes DFID has initiated and funded in each country since January 2003. £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Country Programme Commitment El Salvador Network to combat commercial sex 223,000 exploitation Georgia Poverty reduction and good governance 4,000 assessment Georgia Technical assistance to the Ministry of 5,220,000 Health to establish a sustainable and affordable system of primary healthcare Georgia Technical assistance to the Ministry of 165,000 Finance to enable the Government to utilise resources effectively Honduras Poverty reduction strategy 1,582,000 Honduras/ Nicaragua HIV/AIDS programme 1,900,000 Central America including Honduras/ Support to regional unit for technical 700,000 Nicaragua/ assistance (RUTA) to promote rural El Salvador development Macedonia Public administration reform phase 2 3,000,000 Moldova Support for the national rural development 9,000 strategy Moldova Support to the rural investment services 2,680,000 project Moldova Poverty synthesis study to strengthen 5,000 poverty reduction and improve programme effectiveness Moldova Contribution to the population census 200,000 Moldova Continuation of support to the Ministry of 500,000 Finance for the development of a medium term expenditure framework Moldova Work through the global conflict 440,000 prevention pool on a peace-building framework project to facilitate civil society engagement in conflict reduction (with the FCO) Nicaragua Civil society monitoring 434,000 Nicaragua DFID/Inter-American development bank (IDB) 1,669,250 cooperation to enhance social inclusion Nicaragua Maximising access to appropriate quality 500,000 adolescent reproductive health services Nicaragua Violence reduction 720,000 Nicaragua Promoting women's citizenship 179,000 Nicaragua Youth sexual and reproductive health 500,000 rights Nicaragua Promoting equity through economic growth 2,500,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. There have been no new programmes initiated in Kazakhstan or Mongolia since January 2003. DFID provides direct funding to these countries through the Small Grants Scheme (SGS) administered through the British Embassy. For 2004-05 the budget for the SGS is £45,000 and £200,000 respectively.

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Written question

Reference

424 c390-4W; 185715

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Development aid Department for International Development Honduras North Macedonia Georgia El Salvador Nicaragua Mongolia Moldova Kazakhstan

Contains statistics

Yes

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