§ Dr. TongeTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what financial resources her Department has allocated to the International Organisation for Migration in each year since 1997. [101734]
§ Clare ShortDFID's funding for IOM's operational budget since 1997 is as follows (figures in US dollars):
US $ 1997 300,000 1998 1,203,482 1999 2,977,297 2000 3,120,757 2001 5,504,559 2002 8,147,087 The above figures exclude reimbursable services and projects jointly funded with the Home Office that can not be separately disaggregated from other UK Government funding.
513WIn addition DFID has contributed 50 per cent. of the UK's membership fees to IOM since the UK rejoined IOM in June 2001. These amounted to £517,242 (DFID share £258,621) in 2001 and £952,470 (DFID share £476,235) in 2002.