Written question asked by Llew Smith (Labour) on Wednesday, 2 February 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 10 February 2005. It was answered by Gareth Thomas (Labour) on Thursday, 10 February 2005 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Dept for International Development

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the numbers of livestock owned by Fallujah residents that were killed in recent military action in Fallujah; and what steps his Department is taking to assist residents of Fallujah who have lost their livelihood as a result of military action. - Inc no figures.

Answer: Llew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment his Department has made of the numbers of livestock owned by Fallujah residents that were killed in recent military action in Fallujah; and what steps his Department is taking to assist residents of Fallujah who have lost their livelihood as a result of military action. [214510] Mr. Gareth Thomas: Information about numbers of livestock killed in Fallujah is not available. Since the end of hostilities in Fallujah, DFID has been providing technical advice to the Iraqi Government's Fallujah Core Coordination Group (CCG) which has led on humanitarian and reconstruction work in Fallujah. The CCG is working closely with military forces and local leaders to ensure that compensation payments are made and essential services restored to enable normal life and economic activity to resume. Financial resources for reconstruction are being made available from the Iraqi budget and United States' sources.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 430 c1641W; 214510
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Compensation Development aid Iraq Livestock Peacekeeping operations Reconstruction Fallujah
Contains statistics: Yes
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