§ Sir Alastair GoodladTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assistance her Department is currently providing to Mongolia. [41356]
§ Clare ShortWe provide bilateral assistance to Mongolia under the Department for International Development (DFID) Small Grants Scheme, administered by the British Embassy in Ulaanbaatar. Support is currently going to a range of small-scale, poverty-related initiatives in education, social welfare and income generation. Expenditure in the current year is likely to be of the order of £250,000. Assistance is also provided through multilateral channels, including the European Union, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank.