§ Clare ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to his answer of Thursday 4 December 2003,Official Report, column 115W, on Iraq, whether the Treasury provided an additional £60 million to his Department to help meet the Madrid pledge. [153321]
§ Hilary BennThe £60 million set aside by the Chancellor from the Treasury Reserve to meet additional needs in Iraq was included in the United Kingdom's Madrid pledge of £544 million for the three years from April 2003, which covers actual and planned expenditure on reconstruction by DFID, the MOD and the FCO.
To date, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has been allocated £35.7 million of the £60 million to meet the costs of civilian staff seconded to the Coalition Provisional Authority and to the office of the UK's Special Representative to Iraq, including the costs of providing suitably secure accommodation and transport. These staff are engaged in rebuilding Iraqi government capacity and facilitating progress towards a stable, effective and representative Iraqi government. DFID has been allocated £6.5 million for reconstruction work in southern Iraq and funding for NGOs. The remainder has yet to be allocated.
§ Sir Menzies CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what payments have been made by his Department into the Development Fund for Iraq; and if he will make a statement. [155334]
§ Hilary BennDFID has made no payments into the Development Fund for Iraq. The Fund was established to hold Iraq's own revenues, principally from oil sales.
§ Sir Menzies CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will list direct payments from his Department to the Coalition Provisional Authority; what the payments were for in each case; and if he will make a statement. [155336]
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§ Hilary BennDFID has made no direct payments to the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA). Payments for DFID support to the CPA are made to individuals undertaking secondments and to companies providing consultancy, recruitment, security, equipment supply and other services.