§ Mr. McLoughlinTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the administrative costs were of the(a) Social Science Research Fund, (b) Financial Deepening Challenge Fund, (c) Development Awareness Fund, (d) Education Research Programme, (e) Asia Regional Poverty Fund, (f) Tourism Challenge Fund, (g) Civil Society Challenge Fund, (h) Renewable Natural Resources Knowledge Strategy Fund,(i) Engineering Knowledge and Research Programme,(j) Business Linkage Challenge Fund and (k) Enterprise Development Innovation Fund in the last financial year. [101477]
§ Clare ShortDFID's expenditure on administration costs in 2002–03 is projected to be £101.8 million or 4 per cent. of the departmental budget. All the interventions listed are administered by DFID effectively and cost-effectively.