HC Deb 12 February 2001 vol 363 c23W
Mr. Gerrard

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her answer to the hon. Member for Paisley South (Mr. Alexander) of 8 January 2001,Official Report, column 355W, if she will give a breakdown of the money spent on HIV/AIDS related work last year, outlining major headings of expenditure. [149324]

Clare Short

Last year, the Department of International Development spent around £85 million on major bilateral sexual and reproductive health programmes in the range of countries including, Malawi, South Africa, Ghana, Uganda, Zimbabwe, China and India. The work of these programmes impacts directly on HIV/AIDS. My Department also made the following contributions and commitments in 1999–2000 to agencies involved in tackling HIV/AIDS.

Agency £ million
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) 15
World Health Organisation, Human Reproduction Programme (WHO/HRP) 1
United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 3
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) over five years 14