§ Mr. RoweTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many projects whose principal focus was disability were funded by her Department in the last 12 months; what was the total sum thus expended; and what percentage of her Department's project finance that total represented. [146387]
§ Clare ShortForty-two such projects were being funded by my Department in the last 12 months, calendar year 2000. The total sum spent through these activities was £58,078,800.
Figures for total DFID programmes for the same period are not available. However, the figure for the last complete financial year (1999–2000) is £2,513,812,000.