§ Clare ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether the £60 million being held in the Treasury to be drawn down to assist humanitarian and reconstruction work in Iraq has been(a) drawn down to contribute to the Madrid pledge and (b) withdrawn. [141512]
§ Hilary BennThe £60 million is included in the UK's total Madrid pledge of £544 for the three years from April 2003.£30.8 million of it has already been allocated, primarily towards meeting the costs of UK secondments to the Coalition Provisional Authority. The allocation of the remainder is under consideration.