§ Dr. TongeTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development which long-term development aid projects her Department supports in Zimbabwe; and if she will make a statement. [120766]
§ Mr. Foulkes[holding answer 4 May 2000]DFID is currently supporting the following long-term projects in Zimbabwe:
- Women's Civic Education (£0.987 million: 1999–2002)
- Empowerment of Farm Worker Communities (£1.6 million: 1999–2002)
- Wills and Inheritance Laws (£0.86 million: 2000–03)
- Bikita Integrated Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (£2.725 million: 1995–2001)
226W - Lupane Integrated Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (£3.54 million: 1996–2002)
- Rural Water Point Upgrading/Rehabilitation (£0.873 million: 1998–2001)
- Small Dams Rehabilitation (£1.96 million: 1997–2001)
- Agricultural Services and Management (£5.75 million: 1999–2002)
- Assistance to Department of Veterinary Services (£0.9 million: 1998–2001)
- Credit for the Informal Sector (£1.3 million: 1995–2002)
- Takura Investments (£0.426 million: 1996–2001)
- Agribusiness Entrepreneur Network and Training (£0.492 million: 1997–2001)
- Assistance to Developing Enterprises Project Team (£1.4 million: 1997–2001)
- Bulilima-Mangwe Water Supply and Environmental Rehab. (£0.311 million: 1998–2001)
- Community Based Maintenance of Water Points in Binga (£0.243 million: 1998–2001)
- Social Marketing of Condoms (£2.8 million: 1996–2001)
- Sexual Health Project (£9.2 million: 1994–2000)
- Privatisation Agency Support (£2.2 million: 1998–2001)
- Zimbabwe Police Organisational Development (£6.438 million: 1997–2002)
- Rural District Council Capacity Building (£10.6 million: 1996–2001)
- Civil Society Land Resettlement Challenge Fund (£5 million: 2000–04).
We have suspended the following project:
Land Rovers for Zimbabwe Republic Police (£8.41 million: 1998–2001).We are keeping the Zimbabwe programme activities under constant review to ensure that projects can remain effective in current circumstances.
§ Dr. TongeTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will publish details of trade and aid projects her Department has approved for Zimbabwe between(a) June 1997 and December 1997, (b) January 1998 and December 1998 and (c) January 1999 and April 2000; and if she will make a statement. [120758]
§ Mr. Foulkes[holding answer 4 May 2000]The Aid and Trade Provision was closed to new applications when this Government took office in May 1997. Only one outstanding project has been approved for Zimbabwe since May 1997, and no others are under consideration. This project, initiated by the previous administration but approved in September 1998, was for the supply of 1,500 Land Rover Defenders to the Zimbabwe Republic Police. It was suspended in April 2000 since the conditions of the grant are not currently being met by the Zimbabwe Government.