§ Ann ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list Government expenditure on mine clearance for each year since 1992, broken down by country. [61794]
§ Clare ShortGovernment expenditure on mine clearance projects, including integrated mine awareness activities, is set out in the table. 177W
1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99up to30.11.98 Afghanistan — 1,188,900 916,131 1,233,087 1,025,000 1,050,000 2,106,500 499,900 Angola — — — 1,847,527 1,003,570 — — — Cambodia 60,000 206,337 1,461,100 1,693,425 1,305,369 1,058,700 689,686 1,632,287 Egypt — — — — — 500,000 87,308 — Georgia — — — — — — — 220,781 N. Iraq — — 200,439 15,315 444,750 785,000 658,972 740,000 Laos — — — — 543,386 148,307 101,250 500,000 Mozambique — — 574,586 414,832 471,000 408,900 487,500 362,500 Rwanda — — — 30,000 — — — Somalia 300,000 373,540 — — — — — — Yemen — — — 100,000 — 47,772 — — Former Yugoslavia — — — — — 275,000 — — Global/Regional — — — — 165,082 — 1200,000 2375,000 1 Foreign and Commonwealth Office funded activities 2 Value of surplus equipment re-deployed by DFID and MOD to mine clearance projects Note:
Expenditure by Department for International Development unless otherwise stated
§ Ann ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Clare Short: The Government have provided grants International Development if she will list the organizations for humanitarian mine clearance activities to the to which the Government have given money for the purpose following organisations: of mine clearance in each year since 1992; and in each case the amount received by each organisation. [61793]
£ 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 The HALO Trust 60,000 388,786 1,267,859 1,913,898 1,592,688 1,417,600 1,092,000 1,751,468 UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance for Afghanistan (UNOCHA) — 1,000,000 500,000 1,000,000 750,000 500,000 2,000,000 — Rimfire 300,000 373,540 — — — — — — Mines Advisory Group (MAG) — — 251,064 1,038,944 2,361,387 1,033,307 951,908 2,204,000 Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) (via UNDP) — — 1,133,333 1,000,000 500,000 — — — UN Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit (UCAH) (Angola) — — — 226,029 — — — — Government of Egypt — — — — — 500,000 87,308 — UN (Rwanda) — — — 30,000 — — — — UN Voluntary Trust Fund — — — 600,000 — — — — UN Mine Action Centre (UNMAC) (Sarajevo) — — — — — 220,000 — — UN Development Programme (UNDP) (Laos) — — — — 89,000 — — — Government of Yemen (Via UN Development Programme) (UNDP) — — — — — 47,772 — —
§ Ann ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list the amount spent on(a) humanitarian mine clearance, (b) commercial mine clearance, (c) military initiative mine clearance,
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£ Year (a) Humanitarian mine clearance1 (b) Commercial mine clearance2 (c) Military initiative mie clearance3 (d) Mine awareness (e) Research and development 4 1991–92 5360,000 — — — — 1992–93 51,762,326 — — 6,451 — 1993–94 53,152,256 — — — — 1994–95 55,863,652 — — — 104,928 1995–96 54,828,473 — — 15,230 — 1996–97 54,288,860 — — 70,000 — 1996–97 665,082 — — — —
§ Clare ShortThe Government have provided grants for humanitarian mine clearance activities to the following organisations:
(d) mine awareness and (e) research and development for mine clearance by Her Majesty's Government in each year since 1992. [61792]
§ Clare ShortDisbursements are set out in the table.
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£ year (a) Humanitarian mine clearance1 (b) Commercial mine clearance2 (c) Military initiative mine clearance3 (d) Mine awareness (e) Research and development4 1997–98 54,149,642 — — — 376,673 1997–98 6200,000 — — 6250,000 — 1998–99 53,990,468 — 205,000 — 548,343 at 30 November 1998 6250,000 — 7125,000 — — Expenditure by Department for International Development (DFID) unless otherwise indicated. 1 Includes clearance of anti-personnel landmines and other unexploded ordnance. 2 DFID has not funded commercial mine clearance. There are no records of UK commercial demining activities currently available in Department of Trade and Industry. 3 Activities funded from Ministry of Defence (MOD) budget. Military initiative Mine Clearance since 1992 has taken place only in Bosnia, where it is a part of the wider military operation since November 1992. Activities have including training and supervision of mine clearance programmes (conducted by the Entity Armed Forces) as well as the provision of Mine Awareness training to over 15,000 school children. The MOD has also continued to monitor and maintain the minefields in the Falkland Islands. Again, this work is one part of the duties of those involved and it would not be possible to cost it. 4 MOD-funded applied research into military clearance technology has increase significantly over the past three years and is expected to remain high for the next five years at least. The department currently spends approximately £3m per annum on research into counter-mine technologies. The MOD does not have a remit to fund research into purely humanitarian demining, as opposed to operation de-mining (which has differing requirements); however, it is only comparatively late in a programme that the specific utility of a technology is identified. A separate focal point of post-conflict mine clearance research has been established at the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency's (DERA) facilities at Chertsey in Surrey to complement the research being conducted in support of operational mine clearance. 5 Includes integrated mine awareness activities. 6 Payment made from Foreign and Commonwealth Office funds. 7 Value of surplus equipment re-deployed to mine clearance projects. DFID also commission DERA direct for specific advice and assignments.