§ Dr. TongeTo ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development what percentage, and how much, of departmental controlled aid to Iraq has been(a) allocated and (b) spent on (i) humanitarian aid, (ii) reconstruction work, (iii) institution building, Government capacity and civil service reform, (iv) salaries, administration costs and overheads and(v) security; and if he will make a statement. [120487]
§ Hilary BennWe do not categorise our assistance to Iraq in the above way. So far, almost all of our support has been made through international agencies to meet immediate humanitarian needs. To date, of the £115 million that has been committed towards such assistance in the current crisis, £13 million has been 689W allocated to the United Nations for preparedness, £65 million to the United Nations Flash Appeal to UN agencies, £32 million to the International Red Cross and £5 million to NGOs. We have, so far, disbursed £84 million of this allocation. An additional £4 million has been approved to cover DFID's own emergency response to fund secondments to Baghdad and Basra to support the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) and the UN system. This brings the total DFID commitment in Iraq to date to £119 million.
A further £95 million has been set aside by DFID to respond to further emerging humanitarian needs as they arise. HM Treasury has made another £60 million available for humanitarian assistance and reconstruction should it be required. Our approach to prospective UK funding to Iraq is set out in our Interim Iraq Humanitarian and Rehabilitation Strategy which can be found on the DFID website at www.dfid.gov.uk