§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much money annually has been spent by her Department on humanitarian demining since 1991. [94665]
§ Clare ShortMy Department's bilateral disbursements on humanitarian mine action are:
Financial year £ million 1991–92 0.360 1992–93 1.769 1993–94 3.152 1994–95 5.969 1995–96 4.844 1996–97 4.369 1997–98 4.656 1998–99 5.824 1999–20001 12.400 1 Commitments to date including Kosovo
§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much money her Department has allocated to assist the victims of mines and on mine awareness in each year since 1991. [94640]
§ Clare ShortMy Department does not set aside resources from its Humanitarian Mine Action budget specifically for land mine survivors. Instead, health care and community-based rehabilitation assistance is provided through DFID' s bilateral development co-operation programmes or institutional programme support. The financial records do not disaggregate assistance to land mine survivors from other categories of special needs.
709WCommunity based mine awareness activities are usually integrated into mine survey and clearance projects, and are not recorded as a separate disbursement. In addition, disbursements on discrete mine awareness projects are:
Financial year £ 1992–93 6,451 1995–96 15,230 1996–97 70,000 1999–20001 1,400,000 1 Committed to date