§ Mr. MacShaneTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what contribution her Department is making in the ILO's special programme for the eradication of child labour.
§ Clare ShortThe ILO's special programme for the eradication of child labour—known as the International Programme for the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC)—has been supported by a central donation and country based collaboration from the Department as follows
£ million towards the "core" activities of the IPEC programme in 1998–99;£58,000 for a baseline study of child labour in Tanzania in 1998–99 and preliminary planning expertise in 1999–2000;£750,000 over three years for collaborative work with Save the Children Fund in Pakistan, ILO/IPEC, Pentland Plc, the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce on removing children from the Football Stitching industry in Sialkot 1998–99 to 2000–01:£2.75 million to the IPEC programme in the Indian State of Andhra Pradhesh, 1998–99 to 2000–01;£100,000 to IPEC's Asia programme for collaborative initiatives to prevent child trafficking programme, 1997–98;£35,000 for IPEC preparatory work on child trafficking in Asia, 1998–99.