Written question asked by Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 16 December 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 6 January 2004. It was answered by Hilary Benn (Labour) on Tuesday, 6 January 2004 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Dept for International Development

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much of the allocated reconstruction budget for Iraq has been spent on contracted expatriate employees; and what estimate has been made of future expenditure in this regard. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much of the allocated reconstruction budget for Iraq has been spent on contracted expatriate employees; and what estimate has been made of future expenditure in this regard. [145283] Hilary Benn: To date, DFID has disbursed approximately £8.5 million on the provision of international staff on projects which we are undertaking, directly and through commercial companies, in Iraq. We estimate that the total expenditure on international staff working on already-approved projects will amount to approximately £26.4 million. Further projects may be approved in the future. These figures include the costs of travel, subsistence, training, communications, insurance and additional security measures, as well as salaries. The figures do not include the costs of international staff employed by United Nations bodies, nor of NGOs working on activities funded by DFID.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 416 c237-8W; 145283
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Expenditure International assistance Iraq Staff Migrant workers Reconstruction
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk