HC Deb 07 November 2001 vol 374 cc265-6W
Mrs. Spelman

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what non-governmental organisations and charities her Department supports in Sierra Leone. [12904]

Clare Short

Non-governmental organisations and charities directly supported by DFID in Sierra Leone are listed. This excludes those non-governmental organisations that receive assistance from the international organisations such as the humanitarian agencies of the United Nations, which DFID also supports.NGOs supported by DFID in Sierra Leone

  1. 1. Action Aid
  2. 2. Adventist Development and Relief Agency Sierra Leone
  3. 3. CARE
  4. 4. Catholic Relief Services
  5. 5. Children's Aid Direct
  6. 6. Christian Aid
  7. 7. Concern Worldwide
  8. 8. Conciliation Resources
  9. 9. International Committee of the Red Cross
  10. 10. International Medical Corps
  11. 11. Lutheran World Federation
  12. 12. Marie Stopes
  13. 13. Medical Research Council/Sierra Leone
  14. 14. Mercy Ships
  15. 15. Rural Aid
  16. 16. Save the Children Fund
  17. 17. World Relief
  18. 18. World Vision.

Mrs. Spelman

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list her Department's spending in Sierra Leone in the last 12 months. [12905]

Clare Short

Since November 2000, DFID expenditure on the Sierra Leone programme has been as follows:

Sierra Leone programme £million
Security Sector (includes Police and Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration programme) 11.645
Governance (includes support to Media development, Law Development, Anti-corruption. Governance reform and Elections) 1.838
Humanitarian Assistance 5.679
Budgetary Support 19.500
Other technical cooperation costs 1.936
Total 40.598