HC Deb 10 November 2003 vol 413 c59W
Linda Perham

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what plans the Government have to aid the rebuilding of the Iraqi education system. [136589]

Hilary Benn

DFID is funding two education advisers who will assist the Coalition Provisional Authority southern regional office and three governorates assess educational needs in the south of the country, and to

Mines Unexploded ordnance Cluster bomb submunitions Totals
Killed Injured Killed Injured Killed Injured Killed Injured
June 1999-December 2000 35 227 6 10 51 106 1476
2001 2 3 4 10 3 0 9 13
2002 0 1 5 7 3 0 8 8
2003 (1 January-30September 0 3 1 9 2 0 3 12
1Collection of statistics began in 2000 and was backdated to June 1999. It is known that 101 persons were killed and 375 were injured between June 1999 and December 2000. However, of these 476 deaths or injuries, only 435, shown in the appropriate columns, can be attributed with certainty to a particular type of weapon, the remaining 13 deaths and 28 injuries having been caused by an unknown type. One deminer was killed by a cluster bomb submunition and 36 injured by mines between 1999 and 2001.

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