Mr. Paul Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what financial assistance has been given to Malawi inthe last six months. [132294]Hilary Benn: In the first six months of this financial year, DFID spent a total of £14.2 million on development assistance toMalawi. Of this, £5.3 million was financial aid, which was administered directly by the Government of Malawi. Financial aid wasdisbursed in a number of key areas, notably on the Malawi Safety, Security and Access to Justice programme and the education andhealth sectors, where funds were used to build education and medical facilities as well as supplying drugs.