HC Deb 11 December 2002 vol 396 cc342-3W
Dr. Tonge

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what plans her Department has to increase its total spending on HIV/AIDS projects over the next three years. [86243]

Clare Short

My Department places HIV/AIDS high on our list of priorities of countries and is making significant contributions to combating the epidemic. In our bilateral programme alone, expenditure on HIV/ AIDS-related work has increased from £38 million in 1997–98 to over £200 million in 2001–02. DFID's overall programme in Africa is set to increase from £640 million to £ 1 billion by 2006 and HIV/AIDS will remain one of the highest priorities for the region. We will continue to support health system strengthening and comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, care and mitigation programmes. We will also support the development and implementation of national AIDS control strategies to combat the epidemic, and to provide assistance in the framework of such strategies.

Dr. Tonge

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much her Department spent on HIV/AIDS programmes in(a) 2000, (b) 2001 and (c) 2002 through (i) bi-lateral, (ii) NGOs and (iii) bilateral aid. [86244]

Clare Short

Data are not held centrally in the format requested and to collate them would incur disproportionate costs. However, my Department has spent the following amounts on HIV/AIDS related work through the bilateral programme, including through NGOs.

£ million
1999–2000 75
2000–01 120
2001–02 200

We have also made the following multilateral contributions to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS):

£million
1999–2000 3
2000–01 3
2001–02 3

We have also in this period provided funding to other international agencies with significant HIV/AIDS programmes, including the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), the European Community (EC) and the World Bank. However, it is not possible to determine the portion of our contributions used for HIV/AIDS work as opposed to the other work of these agencies.