§ Mr. FoulkesTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list all the contracts or work done by the British Geological Survey paid for by the Overseas Development Administration, the nature of work, and the cost in each case; what arrangements need to be made to continue these programmes if the survey is privatised; and if he will make a statement. [14113]
§ Mr. HanleyFollowing are the current contracts that the British Geological Survey has with ODA:
Contract Country Value £ Yaoba Oasis Environmental Project (hydrogeological consultants) China 186,688 Establishment of coastal geology unit (IT training) Albania 78,525 Water Resources Management, lake Balkhash (environmental impact study) Kazakhstan 26,046 Primoyre Mineral Waters (water sampling) Russia 24,973 Environmental Thematic Mapping Slovakia 36,500 Resource centre scheme with ODA (call down contracts for ad hoc consultancy work) Global 75,000 Bapedal Groundwater Project (monitoring consultancy) Indonesia 39,200 World Bank Mining and Environmental Project (geological information mapping programme) Ecuador 2,319,282 Coal Bed Methane Pre-feasibility study Bangladesh 44,500 Land-ocean Contaminant study Mexico/Africa/Indonesia 434,939 Mitigation of mining related mercury pollution hazards Philippines/Ecuador 268,000 Protecting groundwater beneath wastewater recharge sites Mexico/Thailand 207,271 Groundwater management in drought prone areas of Africa Africa 142,527 Developing new well siting techniques Zimbabwe/Egypt 203,822 Groundwater resources degradation; socio-economic impacts and their mitigation China/India/Thailand/Mexico/Jersey/Palestinian Territories 94,050 134,000 to BGS) 1 Joint research project with the Natural Resources Institute If the BGS is privatised, the arrangements for continuing these programmes would be reviewed at the time. One option would be to transfer the contracts to the new owner.