Mr. Simon Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much financial aid the UK Government haveallocated to help combat the AIDS epidemic in South Africa. [14455]Clare Short: DFID is currently designing a new multi-sectoral HIV/AIDS programme, due to start next year, with an anticipated budgetof £40 million over four years. Since 1994, the UK Government have allocated £19 million to help combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic inSouth Africa.