§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list the projects and their costs in the reconstruction programme for East Timor. [108904]
§ Clare ShortAt a multi-donor meeting on East Timor in Tokyo in December last year, the UK worked successfully for an international collaborative approach to East Timor. The UN Transitional Administration (UNTAET) and East Timorese representatives will set priorities for reconstruction and the transition to independence; the World Bank and Asian Development Bank will co-ordinate detailed analysis of needs; and donors will operate in this framework working jointly wherever possible. Often a sector-based, programmatic approach will be followed rather than one based on a plethora of small projects.
Donors pledged a total of $522 million for East Timor at the Tokyo meeting. The UK will provide £13 million over three years, the bulk of it channelled through Trust Funds established by the World Bank and the UN. This is in addition to £5.5 million which we made available in the immediate aftermath of the crisis in East Timor which has supported the humanitarian work of a number of international organisations and NGOs, and has helped restore the power supply in Dili.