Mine Clearance (Hansard, 21 March 2002)

§ Dr. Tonge
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list the organisations to which the Government have given money for the purposes of mine clearance in 2001–02, specifying the amount given in each case. [43876]

§ Clare Short
The table gives the figures requested.

Estimated final outturn 2001–02

Organisation £

The HALO Trust (bilateral) 1,150,000

Mines Advisory Group (MAG) (bilateral) 1,000,000

United Nations Mine Action Service (UNIMAS) 5,000,000

UNICEF (Mines Awareness) 500,000

International Trust Fund for De-mining—Bosnia 500,000

Organisation of American States (Nicaragua de-mining) 189,000

BACTEC de-mining (Kosovo) 15,000

DSL (Kosovo) 750,000

ELS (Kosovo) 22,000

QinetiQ 100,000

UNDP 2,100,000

Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian De-mining (GICHD) 1,000,000

Cranfield Mine Action 221,000

Landmine Monitor 30,000

DISARMCO (Research and Development) 61,000

ERA (Research and Development) 117,000

12,605,000

§ Dr. Tonge
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what Government expenditure was on humanitarian mine clearance in 2001–02, broken down by country. [43877]

§ Clare Short
Estimated Government expenditure for 2001–02 on mine action programmes by country is indicated in the following table:

Country Amount (£)

Afghanistan 3,150,000

Eritrea 694,540

Nicaragua 189,000

Cambodia 1,000,000

Northern Iraq 206,137

Jordan 197,402

Laos 300,000

Georgia 500,000

Bosnia 500,000

Croatia 326,529

Kosovo 2,000,000

Global contribution to UNMAS and UNDP 2,600,000

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§ Dr. Tonge
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much was spent by the Government on(a) humanitarian mine clearance, (b) commercial mine clearance, (d) military initiative mine clearance, (d) mine awareness, (e) victim assistance and (f) research and development for mine clearance in 2001–02. [43878]

§ Clare Short
Estimated disbursements for 2001–02 are as follows:

£ million

2001–02

(1) Humanitarian Mine Clearance ¹10.2

(2) Mines Awareness 0.5

(3) Research and Development 1.3

¹ Also includes some integrated mine awareness activities. As programmes are often integrated separate costs of awareness are not available. Specific mine awareness activities are undertaken with UNICEF as shown at item two.

Estimated final outturn 2001–02
Organisation	£
The HALO Trust (bilateral)	1,150,000
Mines Advisory Group (MAG) (bilateral)	1,000,000
United Nations Mine Action Service (UNIMAS)	5,000,000
UNICEF (Mines Awareness)	500,000
International Trust Fund for De-mining—Bosnia	500,000
Organisation of American States (Nicaragua de-mining)	189,000
BACTEC de-mining (Kosovo)	15,000
DSL (Kosovo)	750,000
ELS (Kosovo)	22,000
QinetiQ	100,000
UNDP	2,100,000
Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian De-mining (GICHD)	1,000,000
Cranfield Mine Action	221,000
Landmine Monitor	30,000
DISARMCO (Research and Development)	61,000
ERA (Research and Development)	117,000
	12,605,000

Country	Amount (£)
Afghanistan	3,150,000
Eritrea	694,540
Nicaragua	189,000
Cambodia	1,000,000
Northern Iraq	206,137
Jordan	197,402
Laos	300,000
Georgia	500,000
Bosnia	500,000
Croatia	326,529
Kosovo	2,000,000
Global contribution to UNMAS and UNDP	2,600,000

£ million
	2001–02
(1) Humanitarian Mine Clearance	¹10.2
(2) Mines Awareness	0.5
(3) Research and Development	1.3
¹ Also includes some integrated mine awareness activities. As programmes are often integrated separate costs of awareness are not available. Specific mine awareness activities are undertaken with UNICEF as shown at item two.