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Dept for International Development

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Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his Department's total expenditure in Iraq has been since May 2003; if he will list the major projects funded; and under which budget heads each project was funded. [166414] Hilary Benn: In the 2003-04 financial year, DFID disbursed £209 million from its Iraq programme budget, and £1.1 million from its running costs budget on expenditure related to managing the Iraq programme. Updated lists of projects are regularly deposited in the Library of the House. Since March 2003, DFID has approved funding for projects worth £278.6 million under the Iraq programme. The main areas for support are as follows: £13 million to United Nations agencies for pre- conflict preparedness: World Food Programme (£8 million); UNICEF (£2 million); United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (£1.75 million); World Health Organisation (£1 million); Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (£150,000); Office of the United Nations Security Co-ordinator (£100,000). £71.8 million to United Nations agencies in response the UN Consolidated Appeals for Iraq: World Food Programme (WFP), for food aid and logistical support (£25 million); United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), for emergency assistance to the electricity sector (£12.2 million), rehabilitation work on Umm Qasr Port (£3.1 million), rapid employment generation (£0.9 million); UNICEF, for water and sanitation projects, child immunisation, and mine risk awareness (£13.8 million); World Health Organisation, for health system support (£5 million); UN Mine Action Service, for mine clearance activities (£4.4 million); Office of the UN Security Co-ordinator (UNSECOORD), to support enhanced UN security in Iraq (3.5 million); Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), for recovery of agriculture in southern Iraq (£1.5 million); Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), for information coordination and technology (£0.75 million); UN Environment Programme (UNEP), for post conflict environmental assessment (£0.7 million); UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), for promoting women's rights (£0.5 million); Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, for promoting human rights in Iraq (£4 million). £70 million to the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq (IRFFI), of which £40 million was allocated to the World Bank Trust Fund, and £30 million to the United Nations Trust Fund. £32 million to the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, for emergency humanitarian provision. £7.3 million to non-governmental organisations for humanitarian and reconstruction assistance. £84.5 million for specific projects, of which: £25.9 million to meet the costs of secondments and consultants in the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA); £26.7 million for infrastructure rehabilitation projects in southern Iraq; £8.5 million to the International Finance Corporation's facility for support to small and medium businesses; £6.5 million to the BBC World Service Trust for the re- establishment of broadcasting capacity; £5 million to set up a Political Participation Fund to increase opportunities for political representation by all Iraqi citizens; £3.15 million to support CPA Governorate teams in southern Iraq; £3.15 million to the IMF for economic governance and financial management support; £3 million for strengthening the capacity of public administration; £2.1 million for support to the justice system, including training for judges and lawyers in human rights law; £0.5 million for training Iraqi journalists.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

166414; 420 c401-2W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Development aid Expenditure International assistance Iraq

Contains statistics

Yes

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