Mr. Nigel Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assistance her Department is making available tothe people of Tuvalu. [19251]Clare Short: DFID does not provide bilateral assistance to Tuvalu. My Department administers a regional programme in the Pacifictotalling some £4 million per year, which is inclusive of the poorest Pacific island countries. We work closely with key regionalpartners including the Form Secretariat, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) and South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission(SOPAC). Given the regional nature of the programme, it is not possible to determine exactly how much of this assistance goesdirectly to Tuvalu. DFID also contributes to the multilateral programmes maintained by the Asian Development, World bank, the EU andthe UN from which Tuvalu benefits.