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My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (David Miliband) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I, together with my right honourable friends the Secretary of State for Defence and the Secretary of State for International Development, wish to inform the House about our...

Member

Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead (Labour)

Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written statements

Date

25 March 2010

Reference

718 c140-1WS

House

House of Lords

Conflict Funding (2010-11)

I, together with my right hon. Friends the Secretary of State for Defence and the Secretary of State for International Development, wish to inform the House about our plans for conflict funding for the next financial year. The 2007 comprehensive spending review settlement set the programme resources available for conflict...

Member

David Miliband (Labour)

Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written statements

Date

25 March 2010

Reference

508 c57-8WS

House

House of Commons

Elections: OSC Monitoring

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will continue their commitment to provide 10 per cent of the international team of election monitors for the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe's election monitoring missions in the Commonwealth of Independent States region.

Asked by

Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 February 2010

Reference

1366; 717 c4WA

House

House of Lords

Deposited Paper DEP2009-1040

Deposited by

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Deposited papers

Date

1 April 2009

Reference

DEP2009-1040

House

House of Commons

HIV/AIDS

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assistance his Department will provide in the next two years to reduce the spread of HIV Aids in Commonwealth of Independent States countries.

Asked by

Paul Flynn (Labour)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

9 January 2006

For answer on

11 January 2006

Answered on

16 January 2006

DFID is supporting programmes to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS in Central Asia, Ukraine and Russia. Details of commitments are as follows:Central Asia:DFID is providing £5.4 million over four years (2005–09) for a Central Asia Regional HIV/AIDS Programme, operating in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The Programme will complement the World Bank and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Regional HIV/AIDS projects in supporting the implementation of government strategies.As part of the above work, DFID is also providing £1 million for the World Bank's Central Asia Regional HIV/AIDS Programme and £420,000 for the salaries of a Regional Policy Advisor and a Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor in the Joint United Nations Programme for HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) office in Almaty.Ukraine:DFID is providing £300,000 from May 2005 to May 2007, in support of the UNAIDS work with the Government of Ukraine to improve co-ordination of HIV/AIDS interventions. In addition DFID is providing 65,000. from September 2004 to September 2006, to support the work of the non-government Substance Abuse and AIDS Support Fund and to provide technical support to the UN Global Fund.DFID has also provided £25,000 in August 2004 for an HIV/AIDS harm reduction awareness campaign in Crimea and £350,000 from September 2004 to September 2005 for work with the Ministry of Education to highlight HIV/AIDS issues in schools and among young people.Russia:DFID is providing £74,000 over 2006–07, comprising: (i) £22,000 in support of UNAIDS work with the Government of Russia; (ii) £47,000 to support a regional response to tackling HIV/AIDS in Nizhny Novgorod and (iii) £50,000 to disseminate findings from previous DFID funded research to help inform the Government of Russia's policies for tackling HIV/AIDS.

Date

16 January 2006

Reference

441 c924W; 41699

House

House of Commons

Lords Written Statement on the publication of the second annual report on the United Kingdom's contribution against the spread of weapons and materials of mass destruction

Lords Written Statement on the publication of the second annual report on the United Kingdom's contribution against the spread of weapons and materials of mass destruction. (Inc fig and fact that copy in the library).

Member

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean (Labour)

Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written statements

Date

16 December 2004

Reference

667 c95WS

House

House of Lords

Written Statement on the publication of the second annual report on the United Kingdom's contribution against the spread of weapons and materials of mass destruction

Written Statement on the publication of the second annual report on the United Kingdom's contribution against the spread of weapons and materials of mass destruction. (Inc fig and fact that copy in the library).

Member

Denis MacShane (Labour)

Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written statements

Date

16 December 2004

Reference

428 c147WS

House

House of Commons

Dept for International Development

Answered by

Gareth Thomas (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

13 October 2004

Reference

425 c269-70

House

House of Commons

Dept for International Development

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the Department's strategy of working with non-governmental organisations to support the development of civil society in the countries of the former Soviet Union.

Asked by

Gordon Marsden (Labour)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

13 October 2004

Reference

425 c269-70; 190357

House

House of Commons

Dept for International Development

Answered by

Gareth Thomas (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

13 October 2004

Reference

425 c270

House

House of Commons

Dept for International Development

Answered by

Gareth Thomas (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

13 October 2004

Reference

425 c269-70

House

House of Commons

Dept for International Development

1st supplementary on same.

Asked by

Gordon Marsden (Labour)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

13 October 2004

Reference

425 c269-70

House

House of Commons

Dept for International Development

Supplementary on the work of non-governmental organisations in former Soviet Union countries and European Union near-neighbourhood projects in South Caucasus.

Asked by

Angus Robertson (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

13 October 2004

Reference

425 c270

House

House of Commons

Dept for International Development

Answered by

Gareth Thomas (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

13 October 2004

Reference

425 c270-1

House

House of Commons

Dept for International Development

Supplementary on the work of non-governmental organisations in former Soviet Union countries and independent trade unions in central Asia.

Asked by

Lord Mann (Labour)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

13 October 2004

Reference

425 c270-1

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what matters in respect of joint work on the clean up and disposition of surplus military nuclear materials in the former Soviet Union countries were discussed at the EU-US summit in Ireland on 26th June. - These matters were...

Asked by

Llew Smith (Labour)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 July 2004

Reference

424 c540W; 185516

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 European Initiative for Human Rights and Democracy project to deliver an information campaign on the International Crime Tribunal and the ratification of the Statute of the Tribunal in (a) Kazakhstan, (b) Kyrgyzstan, (c)...

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 April 2004

Reference

420 c17W; 163867;163912

House

House of Commons

Dept for International Development

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on (a) the nature of the health and education projects in (i) Russia, (ii) Mongolia, (iii) Ukraine, (iv) Georgia, (v) Armenia and (vi) Azerbaijan that were financed by EU development assistance in 2002, (b) the...

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

29 March 2004

For answer on

19 April 2004

Answered on

19 April 2004

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) if he will make a statement on (a) the nature of the health and education projects in (i) Russia, (ii) Mongolia, (iii) Ukraine, (iv) Georgia, (v) Armenia and (vi) Azerbaijan that were financed by EU development assistance in 2002, (b) the effectiveness of the projects and (c) his Department's involvement in the projects; [165172] (2) if he will make a statement on (a) the nature of the 24 million euro environment project in Russia that was financed by EU development assistance in 2002, (b) the effectiveness of the project and (c) his Department's involvement in the project. [165203] Mr. Gareth Thomas: EU development assistance in these countries is provided through the Tacis programme. The Department is involved in projects implemented under Tacis by contributing the UK's share of the European Commission budget allocated to Tacis and by participating in the Management Committee established to define strategy and oversee the programme. Implementation of specific projects (including procurement, which is governed by EC procurement rules) is the responsibility of the Commission. When considering Commission funding proposals, DFID took a wide range of factors into consideration, including likely impact, cost-effectiveness and value for money. Many of the 2002 projects are in the early stages of implementation. An assessment of the projects will only be possible once they have been completed. The EC, through its results-orientated management system and strengthened evaluation systems, is best placed to carry out such an assessment.

Date

19 April 2004

Reference

420 c393W; 165172;165203

House

House of Commons

Dept for International Development

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the commitment of EU development assistance to (a) the Chernobyl Shelter, (b) energy in Russia, (c) nuclear safety, (d) central Asia and (e) Azerbaijan in 2002;if he will make a statement on the EU...

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

23 March 2004

For answer on

31 March 2004

Answered on

31 March 2004

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) if he will make a statement on the commitment of EU development assistance to (a) the Chernobyl Shelter, (b) energy in Russia, (c) nuclear safety, (d) central Asia and (e) Azerbaijan in 2002; [163860] (2) if he will make a statement on the EU development assistance expenditure on institution building in (a) Russia, (b) Mongolia, (c) Armenia and (d) Ukraine in 2002; [163864] (3) what his Department's involvement was in the development assistance project in (a) Ukraine, (b) Russia and (c) Georgia in 2002; and what assessment he has made of each project. [163878] Mr. Gareth Thomas: EU development assistance in these areas is provided through the Tacis programme. The Department is involved in projects implemented under Tacis contributing the UK's share of the European Commission budget allocated to Tacis and by participating in the Management Committee established to define strategy and oversee the programme. Implementation of specific projects (including procurement, which is governed by EC procurement rules) is the responsibility of the Commission. When considering Commission funding proposals, DFID took a wide range of factors into consideration, including likely impact, cost-effectiveness and value for money. Many of the 2002 projects are in the early stages of implementation. An assessment of the projects will only be possible once they have been completed. The EC, through its results-orientated management system and strengthened evaluation systems, is best placed to carry out such an assessment.

Date

31 March 2004

Reference

419 c1436W;419 c1438W; 163860;163864;163878

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the progress of the UK's contribution to clearing-up nuclear materials in the former Soviet Union. - Including figures.

Asked by

Frank Roy (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

9 December 2002

For answer on

19 December 2002

Answered on

19 December 2002

Mr. Roy: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the progress of the UK's contribution to clearing-up nuclear materials in the former Soviet Union. [86956] Mr. Wilson: The Department has now completed putting in place a fairly complex project and risk management framework to allow us to commit substantial UK funding to assist Russia in particular through our Former Soviet Union Nuclear Legacy Programme. The budget for this programme is some £32 million next year and is expected to run at least this level for the foreseeable future. The programme covers a wide range of nuclear legacy issues including supporting work on weapons plutonium disposition, closed nuclear cities, nuclear safety technical assistance, nuclear security projects, social consequences projects and contributing funding to multilateral projects on decommissioning and the Chernobyl Shelter. A number of important projects have already been identified and the means of delivery is now in place to assist in tackling the nuclear legacy in NW Russia an area where we expect up to a third of our funding to be focused over the next few years. UK grant-aid funding for work to provide for the safe management of spent nuclear fuel stocks and for dismantling decommissioned nuclear submarines is therefore ready to flow now. However, before this funding can commence with actual projects on the ground, a suitable legal framework must be agreed with Russia to cover important issues such as third part liability, taxation and access. Hopefully, and after some delay, we are in the final stages of concluding just such a bilateral agreement under which substantive project work will begin. A similar multilateral agreement is also, again hopefully, in its final stages and will provide the mechanism for substantial multilateral assistance. I would emphasise however that the delay in signing the bilateral agreement has not delayed the preparation of projects and a number will be ready to go as soon as the agreement is in place next year. The nuclear legacy in NW Russia, as represented by the 100 or so decommissioned nuclear submarines and their associated spent fuel and waste, is such that it is only by active bilateral and multilateral funding that they can be tackled quickly and safely. The UK is playing a leading role in ensuring co-operation and coordination with Russia and between the various donor countries in order that this funding is effective. Attending the Baltic Conference of Energy Ministers in Vilnius, Lithuania in November, I committed 700,000 to purchase and install physical protection equipment for two Russian nuclear-powered icebreakers. During this visit I also met with representatives of the UK industry actively involved in planning for the decommissioning of the Ignalina nuclear power station and ameliorating the social consequences of nuclear power plant closure. UK companies have vast experience in these areas and through our social consequences work, we are supporting a number of regeneration and economic projects in Lithuania and Ukraine. We will be publishing the first annual report about progress in establishing this programme early next year and further details of specific projects and the programme will be made available on the DTI web site.

Date

19 December 2002

Reference

86956; 396 c899-902W;396 c897-9W

House

House of Commons

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