Julie Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the aid budget for Latin America was in the years(a) 2000-01, (b) 2001-02, (c) 2002-03 and (d) 2003-04; and what it is for 2004-05. [190303]Gareth Thomas: DFID's Latin America bilateral aid budget was as follows:Bilateral(£ million)_________________________________________________________________________________________________.Latin America dept budget allocation Total 1 DFID Actual expenditure in LatinAmerica2000-01 31.0 31.22001-02 36.0 37.62002-03 28.3 36.12003-04 23.2 27.22004-05 19.0 --_________________________________________________________________________________________________.1 These figures include central DFID funding, such as humanitarian assistance, debt relief and NGO activities supported by the CivilSociety Challenge Fund, which have benefited the region. £7 million per year, from 2005-06 onwards, was recently approved forselected non-government organisations that have Programme Partnership Agreements with DFID.Share of Multilateral:DFID provided the following concessional funding through multilateral to specific countries (ie World Bank, Inter-AmericanDevelopment Bank, European Community and UN organisations):£ million_________________________________________________________________________________________________.Latin America specific Americas regional (including Caribbean)2000 51.4 12.22001 92.0 9.02002 36.0 5.5_________________________________________________________________________________________________.Figures are not yet available for 2003.