§ 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 each year since 1996, and, in each case, the amount received by each organisation. [155997]
§ Clare ShortThe table gives the figures requested:
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£ 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 United Nations Mine Action Service (Sierra Leone) — — — 4,500 United Nations Mine Action Service (Kosovo) — — — 489,600 BACTEC (Kosovo) — — — 691,000 DSL (Kosovo) — — — 1,290,000 ELS (Kosovo) — — — 833,000 UNMAS (Global) — — — 29,000 UNICEF — — — 1,000,000 Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian De-mining (GICHD) — — — 275,138 Cranfield Mine Action — — — 74,000 Warwick University — — — 165,000 AIGIS — — — 3,600 Landmine Monitor — — — 185,000
§ Dr. TongeTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much was spent by Government on(a) humanitarian mine clearance, (b) commercial mine clearance, (c) military initiative
£ 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 (a)Humanitarian mine clearance1 34,288,860 34,149,642 33,990,468 12,300,000 465,082 4200,000 4250,000 435,000 (b) Military initiative min2 — — 205,000 — — 51,25,000 — (c) Mine awareness 70,000 4250,000 — 1,292,339 (d) Research and development — 376,673 548,343 500,000 1Includes clearance of anti-personnel landmines and other unexploded ordnance as well as mines awareness. As programmes are often integrated separate costs of awareness are not available. 2Military mine clearance have 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 mint 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. 3Includes integrated mine awareness activities. 4Payment made from Foreign and Commonwealth Office funds. 5Value of surplus equipment re-deployed to mine clearance projects. Notes:
1. Figures for 2000—01 will be available June 2001.
2. Expenditure by Department of International Development (DFID) unless otherwise indicated DFID has not funded commercial mine clearance. There are no records of UK commercial demining activities currently available in Department of Trade and Industry.
§ Dr. TongeTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what Government expenditure was on humanitarian mine clearance for each year since 1996, broken down by country [155897]
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£ 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 Afghanistan 1,050,000 2,106,500 920,000 1,900,000 Albania – – – 50,070 Angola – – – – Bosnia – – – – Cambodia 1,058,700 689,686 693,000 2,274,000 Chad – – – – Croatia – – – 100,000 Egypt 500,000 87,308 – – Eritrea/Ethiopia – – – – Georgia – – 220,781 – Guinea Bissau – – – 138,860 Iraq 785,000 658,972 740,000 451,764 Jordan – – – 587,156 Laos 148,307 101,250 500,000 833,351 Lebanon – – – – mine clearance, (d) mine awareness, (e) victim assistance and (f) research and development for mine clearance in each year since 1996. [155893]
§ Clare ShortDisbursements are as follows
§ Clare ShortGovernment expenditure on mine action programmes is indicated in the table:
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£ 1996—97 1997—98 1998—99 1999—2000 Mozambique 408,900 487,500 362,500 – Nicaragua – – – 283,000 Thailand – – – – Yemen 47,772 – – – Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Kosovo) 275,000 – – 5,664,339 Global/Regional – 1200,000 2375,000 90,000 1Foreign and Commonwealth Office funded activities. 2Value of surplus equipment re-deployed by DFID and MOD to mine clearance projects. Notes:
1. Figures for 2000–01 will be available Jun 2001.
2. Expenditure by Department for International Development unless otherwise stated.
§ Dr. TongeTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proportion of funds made available through the UN Mine Action Service to support the work of the Croatian Mine Action Centre in 1999 to 2001 was expended on UNMAS administrative costs. [155896]
§ Clare ShortOf the £250,000 mad available towards the United Nations Mines Assistance Programme in Croatia, UNMAS administrative costs were 3 per cent.
§ Dr. TongeTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proportion of grants to commercial organisations for humanitarian mine clearance in Kosovo has been taken as profit. [155996]
§ Clare ShortUnder the terms of the, contracts between DFID and the commercial organisations is engaged for mine clearance work in Kosovo, profit details are commercially confidential. DFID operates well established procurement and contractual procedures designed to ensure value for money.