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To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much Departmental funding is being spent in Sudan on the road verification contract implemented by the South African commercial company Mechem; how many mines have been found by (a) vehicle mounted detection systems, (b) dogs and (c) manual deminers working...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much Departmental funding is being spent in Sudan on the road verification contract implemented by the South African commercial company Mechem; how many mines have been found by (a) vehicle mounted detection systems, (b) dogs and (c) manual deminers working...
Asked by
Norman Lamb
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Hilary Benn
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for International Development
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Written questions
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Answered
Tabled on
14 January 2005
For answer on
25 January 2005
Answered on
25 January 2005
Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much departmental funding is being spent in Sudan on
the road verification contract implemented by the South African commercial company Mechem; how many mines have been found by
(a) vehicle mounted detection systems, (b) dogs and (c) manual deminers working for Mechem; what width of
either side of the centre line of the road is being cleared in accordance with the Mechem contract; and what width either side of
the centre line of the road is required for the development agency GTZ to rebuild the road to the specifications recommended by the
UN World Food Programme. [209615]
Hilary Benn: The total amount of DFID funding allocated to the MECHEM road clearance contract to date is £1 million.
58 anti-tank mines and 169 items of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) have been found by the system, which comprises a combination of
mechanical detection, dogs and manual demining. These three systems are used in an integrated manner and it is not possible to
credit any one individual system as being responsible for locating mines and UXO.
The original project called for four metres of clearance either side of the centre line. Following a request from the World Food
Programme (WFP), which has contracted a company, GTZ, to undertake a temporary rehabilitation on the road, it was agreed to extend
clearance to 6 metres either side of the centre line.
Subjects
Access; Contracts; Construction; Development aid; Bomb disposal; Dogs; Landmines; Roads; Vehicles; Sudan; Food aid; World Food Programme
Date
25 January 2005
Reference
209615; 430 c255W;430 c254W
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House of Commons