HC Deb 07 February 2001 vol 362 c603W
26. Mr. Miller

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how far the budget of her Department relating to poverty reduction is set to increase over the next three years. [147664]

Clare Short

All United Kingdom development assistance is focused on the elimination of poverty.

My Department's budget will increase by an average of 6.2 per cent. over the next three years, taking it to the highest level ever both in cash and real terms—almost £ 3.6 billion—by 2003–04.