HC Deb 25 May 2004 vol 421 cc1514-5W
Angus Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will list the programmes aimed at institution building in Chad(a) run by his Department, (b) fully financed by his Department, (c) partially financed by his Department within the framework of EU initiatives, (d) partially financed by his Department within the framework of UN initiatives and (e) partially financed by his Department within the framework of the World Bank initiatives; when they were initiated; for how long they are planned to continue; and what aspect of institution building is being addressed by each. [175116]

Mr. Gareth Thomas

DFID does not have a direct development assistance programme in Chad and is not involved in running or providing either full or partial funding for any institution building programmes there. DFID's assistance to Chad is mainly channelled through it's contributions to multilateral agencies, including the EC, World Bank and UN Agencies, of which the UK's imputed share was estimated at £7.3 million in 2001.

Angus Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment his Department has made of the(a) scale and (b) nature of corruption within the public institutions of Chad; what measures to fight this problem his Department proposes to provide as part of its development aid to Chad; and if he will make a statement. [175184]

Mr. Gareth Thomas

DFID does not have a direct development assistance programme in Chad. DFID's assistance is mainly channelled through our contributions to multilateral agencies, including the EC, World Bank and UN Agencies, of which the UK's imputed share was estimated at £7.3 million in 2001.

DFID has not conducted its own assessment of public sector corruption in Chad and is not directly involved in any measures to deal with this problem. However, DFID does support the efforts of the World Bank and the European Commission in helping to tackle corruption, in particular through the monitoring of the revenues from the Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline project to ensure they are mainly used for poverty reduction.

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