Written question asked by Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 16 March 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 24 March 2004. It was answered by Hilary Benn (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 March 2004 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Dept for International Development

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding the Department made available for the provision of search and rescue dogs in each of the last five years.

Answer: Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what funding the Department made available for the provision of search and rescue dogs in each of the last five years. [162697] Hilary Benn: The provision of search and rescue dogs is managed and supported by the non-governmental organisations themselves that comprise the National Search and Rescue dog group. DFID meets the costs of their deployment and return when the dogs are used overseas as part of a United Kingdom response to natural disasters such as earthquakes. It is not possible to disaggregate the deployment costs of the dogs as they are one part of a larger search and rescue effort and immediate response that usually also includes the delivery of other relief items by the same chartered aircraft.

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