Written question asked by Frank Cook (Labour) on Wednesday, 31 March 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 19 April 2004. It was answered by Hilary Benn (Labour) on Monday, 19 April 2004 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Dept for International Development

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department will spend on (a) humanitarian mine clearance, (b) commercial mine clearance, (c) military initiatives in mine clearance, (d) mine awareness, (e) mine victim assistance and (f) research and development for mine clearance in 2004.

Answer: Mr. Frank Cook: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department will spend on (a) humanitarian mine clearance, (b) commercial mine clearance, (c) military initiatives in mine clearance, (d) mine awareness, (e) mine victim assistance and (f) research and development for mine clearance in 2004. [165849] Hilary Benn: Until the work of the current DFID review of mine action is complete I am unable to precisely indicate the detail of our mine action budget for 2004-05. However I anticipate that DFID's total allocation in this sector will remain at current levels.

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