§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what aid went to each South American country in the last 12 months; and whether it was ring-fenced for particular projects. [52146]
§ Clare ShortThe bilateral development programmes for Latin American (central and south) countries last year were:
£ million Country 2001–021 Bolivia 13.780 Brazil 7.646 Central America 2 5.560 Colombia 1.434 Costa Rica 0.200 Cuba 0.600 Ecuador 0.434 Mexico 0.460 Panama 0.190 Paraguay 0.160 Peru 9.184 1 Includes provisional figures for 2001–02 and provisional figures for DFID debt relief (comprising both interest and principal foregone under retrospective terms adjustment. repayment which would have fallen due in year). 2 A regional programme including Honduras, Nicaragua. Guatemala, El Salvador. In addition to these figures the European Commission spent £153 million in Latin America (which includes Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela in addition to the countries listed) of which UK share is approximately over £29 million which is drawn from my Department's budget.
546Wher Department has recruited each month since June 2001 at (a) executive officer level and (b) administrative level. [52423]
§ Clare ShortDetails of the net additional staff recruited by DFID at executive officer level and administrative levels, for each moth since June 2001, are as follows:
All our programmes are carried out in accordance with our country strategies, which are jointly agreed with our counterparts in country. Our role is to add value to the combined effort to the international community to create the right conditions necessary for poverty reduction.
§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proportion of aid from the UK was spent on(a) education, (b) health and (c) environmental projects overseas in the last 12 months. [52147]
§ Clare ShortThe information required on the proportion of the UK's bilateral aid programmed allocable by sector in 2000–01, the latest period for which figures are available, is:
Percentage Education 15 Health 17 Renewable natural resources 12 Environment is such a cross cutting issue that it is mainstreamed into many of our projects and programmes and as such we do not have a separate environment market for our projects. Therefore for the purposes of answering this question we have taken renewable natural resources as a proxy.
These figures represent expenditure on projects specific to sectors but do not capture the full extent of our efforts in each policy area because they exclude multi-sector projects, block funding to civil society organisations and budget support or balance of payments. Also excluded are activities in sectors funded through multilateral channels.