§ Dr. TongeTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much was spent by the UK Government on(a) humanitarian mine clearance, (b) commercial mine clearance, (c) military initiative mine clearance, (d) mine awareness, (e) victim assistance and (f) research and development for mine clearance in 2000–01. [3389]
§ Clare ShortDisbursements are as follows:
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2000–01 £ (a) Humanitarian Mine Clearance 114,500,000 (c) Mine Awareness 500,000 (d) Research and Development 1,000,000
1 Includes integrated mine awareness activities. As programmes are often integrated separate costs of awareness are not available. Notes:
1. All expenditure by Department of International Development (DFID)
2. Military mine clearance has taken place in the Balkans since 1992. Military advisers have been attached to UN Mine Action Centres assisting in the development of mine action programmes. They have also supervised the mine clearance carried out by the Entity Armed Forces and provided mine awareness to local populations. The Mine Information Training Centre (MITC) at Minley has provided mine awareness training to over 30,000 people. The MOD has also continued to monitor minefields in the Falkland Islands. This work is part of the wider responsibilities of those involved and is impossible to cost accurately.
3. DFID has not funded commercial mine clearance. There are no records of UK commercial demining activities currently available in Department of Trade and Industry.
4. Assistance to land mine victims is additional to our mine action programme. Mine victims benefit from our mainstream health and population and social development programmes, as well as specific programmes assisting the disabled. It is not possible to disaggregate expenditure figures for land mine victims.
§ Dr. TongeTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list Government expenditure on humanitarian mine clearance in 2000–01, broken down by country. [3388]
§ Clare ShortGovernment expenditure on mine action programmes is indicated in the table.
£ Albania 369,648 Cambodia 1,430,571 Chad 270,000 Croatia 150,000 Eritrea/Ethiopia 544,151 Georgia 456,259 Guinea Bissau 120,000 Iraq 616,100 Jordan 270,000 Laos 616,889 Lebanon 387,297 Nicaragua 283,000 Thailand 300,000 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Kosovo) 7,899,020 Global/Regional 4,000,000
§ Dr. TongeTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list the organisations to which the Government have given money for the purpose of mine clearance in 2000–01 specifying the amount given in each case. [3390]
§ Clare ShortThe table gives the figures requested.
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2000–01 £ The HALO Trust 1,863,304 Mines Advisory Group (MAG) 1,164,015 Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) (via UNDPP 214,285 Croatian Mine Advisory Centre 150,000 Government of Jordan 270,000 Organisation of American States—Nicaragua demining 283,000 United Nations Mine Action Service—Kosovo 390,364 Battle Area Clearance Training Equipment Consultants (BACTEC)—Kosovo 1,100,616 Defence Systems Ltd. (DSL)—Kosovo 3,118,404 European Landmine Solutions ELS—Kosovo 2,550,632 United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS)—Global 600,000 United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) 500,000
2000–01 £ Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) 790,000 Cranfield Mine Action 162,182 Landmine Monitor 157,000 Defence Evaluation and Research Establishment (DERA) 306,060 Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) 23,105 Aardvark 52,613 MineLifta 45,952 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 600,000