Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what measures his Department (a) has taken in the pastmonth and (b) plans to take in June in relation to the situation in Darfur, Sudan, broken down by type of action; and whatfunding has been allocated to each action. [175767]Hilary Benn: In April 2004, I set aside an additional £10 million to be committed to agencies engaged in humanitarian reliefin Darfur1. In the last month, DFID has have committed funding to the following agencies._________________________________________________________________________________________________.Agency Type of activity Total commitment (£)OXFAM Public Health Humanitarian Response Darfur 2,193,161(Water/Sanitation Programme)WFP Emergency purchase and distribution of 2,000,000Food Aid for internally displaced Sudanesein Darfur.WHO Emergency primary health care and response 1,500,000to communicable diseases in Darfur;support to measles vaccination programmeUNICEF Additional support to humanitarian 1,500,000assistance for crisis in Darfur; emergencynutrition; emergency health care and theprotection of childrenUN Joint Logistics Centre Support to enable UNJLC to co-ordinate the 250,000logistics of an effective humanitarianresponse in Darfur_________________________________________________________________________________________________.In addition to financial commitments in May, the UK has seconded three humanitarian experts to the UN Joint Logistics Centre inDarfur. DFID has also provided in-kind donations of non-food items (22,500 blankets and 15,000 plastic sheets) for distribution byhumanitarian agencies.In June, DFID plans to continue committing the remainder of the £10 million to humanitarian agencies who are operational inDarfur and will continue to monitor the situation and keep the level of our response under review.In addition to DFID's provision of humanitarian assistance, I have also taken measures to secure access for humanitarian relief.Jack Straw, Chris Mullin and I all raised this subject with the Sudanese Foreign Minister during his recent visit to the UnitedKingdom, and the UK Special Representative and our Ambassador in Khartoum had further discussions with the Government on this issuelast week. Later, on 20 May, the Sudanese Foreign Minister announced new measures governing the issue of visas and travelpermits to humanitarian workers wishing to travel to Darfur.Since the ceasefire agreement at N'Djamena on 8 April, the UK has been in close contact with the parties and other members ofthe international community, including the African Union, to try and help set up the Ceasefire Commission Monitoring Mechanism setout in the 8 April agreement. I spoke to Said Djinnit, the Peace and Security Commissioner of the African Union, on10 May, about the urgent need to get the team in place. DFID will provide swift and significant funding to enable a rapiddeployment and are encouraging other donors to do the same.1 DFID commitment since October 2003 now total over £17.5 million