§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list the projects the UK is developing with the Bangladeshi Government in that country. [89769]
§ Clare ShortDFID is preparing its new Country Assistance Plan for Bangladesh which will be published in April 2003 and will give a detailed description of our future intentions.
DFID is presently developing the following projects:
§ Clare ShortAround 4 per cent. of DFID's budget for Brazil was spent on water and sanitation projects in the financial years 1999–2000 and 2000–01. There was no expenditure in the financial year 2001–02 and none is planned for 2002–03. The EC programme in Brazil, to which DFID contributes 19 per cent. of the total, is not active in the sector.
DFID has made no assessment of the privatisation of water and sewage treatment in Brazil, as this is not a priority area for DFID support.
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§ Mr. KeyTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what her Department's aid budget to Brazil is this year; and how much of that will go to water and sanitation projects. [90415]
§ Clare ShortDFID's budget for bilateral development co-operation with Brazil for the financial year 2002–03 is £8.7 million. None of that budget will be spent on water and sanitation projects. The EC programme in Brazil, to which DFID contributes 19 per cent. of the total, has no plans in the sector.
The World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank, of which DFID is a shareholder, currently have lending in the sector of over US$1 billion and US$2 billion respectively.
§ Mr. KeyTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment her Department has made of water and sanitation provision in Brazil to(a) the rural population and (b) the urban population; and if she will make a statement. [90416]
§ Clare ShortNone. In line with DFID's aim to focus our development effort in Brazil, we have agreed with the Government that the water and sewerage sector is not a priority area for DFID support.