HC Deb 15 November 2002 vol 394 cc2-3W
Dr. Tonge

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many contracts her Department has had with the Adam Smith Institute over the last three years; and if she will break them down by(a) subject and (b) value. [72773]

Clare Short

The information requested is in the following table

Project title Value (£) Country
Support for capacity building in the Ministry of Finance and Central bank 1,229,655 Afghanistan
Trade training for DFID staff(Bangkok 32,328 United Kingdom
Trade training for DFID staff 20,075 United Kingdom
Consultants for Standards, Technical Regulatory Barriers Programme 43,99 Global2
Pilot training and capacity building in international waterhouse law 131,174 Kyrgyz Republic
Trade enabling agreement 10 Global2
Communications film for Department of Disinvestments 89,500 India
Support for public sector undertaking reforms and social safety net in Madhya Pradesh 80,000 India
PSRC: water privatisation and regulatory study tour 54,924 Tanzania
Conference on Disinvestment 70,000 India
Russia trade policy project 1,199,041 Russia
Lead adviser to Parastatal Sector Reform Commission (PSRC) 195,690 Tanzania
Seminar on Export Credits and Developing Countries 101,035 United Kingdom
Rehabilitation of cyclone damaged lift irrigation points in Orissa 622,736 India
Initial support to the budgetary processes of the Government of Macedonia 13,630 Macedonia
Medium term programme of Capacity Building for Public Utilities Regulatory Commission 636,900 Ghana
UK-Ireland privatisation and regulation study tour 11,145 Tanzania
Additional support to the Privatisation Board 106,241 Bangladesh
Assistance to the Palestinian Negotiations Affairs Department 1,482,776 West Bank and Gaza
Technical assistance for public enterprise reform in Orissa 2,061,365 India
Privatisation Agency support project consultancy 308,47 Zimbabwe
1This is an enabling agreement only, which allows small contracts for individual pieces of work to be set up as and when required. It therefore has no overall commitment.
2Non Project specific