§ Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to his556W answer to the right hon. and learned Member for North-East Fife (Mr. Campbell) of 12 May 2003, Official Report, columns 77–8W, what the total annual budget is for the Global Conflict Prevention Pool; whether the GCPP will have a role in (a) Iraq and (b) other war zones; whether the report on the activities of the GCPP will list all its current projects; and when the report is due to be published. [123093]
§ Mr. RammellFor the three year Spending Round 2003/04–2005/06, the Global Conflict Prevention Pool (GCPP) has a programme budget of £74 million each year.
The funds allocated to the 14 strategies in the Pool for 2003–04, as set in March by a Ministerial Committee chaired by my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary, total £87.96 million. This figure is higher than the budget mentioned above, because it incorporates funds carried over from previous years under End Year Flexibility arrangements, as well as an element of over programming built into the individual strategies to provide in-year project management flexibility.
For a full list of the strategies and their allocations I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by the Foreign Secretary to the right hon. and learned Member for North-East Fife (Mr. Campbell) on 10 June 2003, Official Report, column 798W. The country/regional strategies are: Afghanistan, Belize/Guatemala, Central and Eastern Europe, India/Pakistan, Indonesia/East Timor, Middle East and North Africa, Nepal, Russia/Former Soviet Union, Sri Lanka, the Balkans. Programmes in these areas cover conflict prevention and reduction, support to peace processes and post-conflict reconstruction.
A new strategy to support reconstruction and conflict prevention in Iraq is being developed by the three departments which jointly manage the GCPP. An allocation has not yet been set, but funds are available in the GCPP Reserve, and urgent projects for Iraq will be considered for funding from the GCPP Quick Response Fund (QRF) in the meantime.
We expect to publish a Report on the GCPP in September and copies will be sent to Members and also placed in the Library of the House. It will give an overview of the operation of the GCPP strategies and the projects which are being funded under them, but it will not include a comprehensive list of all projects, as they are too numerous.