[holding answer 21 January 2008]: Details of the UK's bilateral assistance and imputed multilateral assistance to Tanzania over the last five years are laid out in the following tables.The majority of the UK's bilateral assistance to Tanzania is provided direct to the Government of Tanzania in the form of Poverty Reduction Budget Support (PRBS). We provide significant levels of PRBS as Tanzania meets the requirements of the UK's Conditionally Policy, namely, a commitment to poverty reduction, a respect for human rights and a credible reform programme in place, including of public financial management. The UK regularly monitors Tanzania's continued adherence to this policy, including throughout the year with the 13 other budget support donors and also using a range of diagnostic tools (for example, the World Bank's Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability indicators) and independent surveys of corruption. We also use international and local data on poverty reduction to assess the progress the Government of Tanzania are making in improving the lives of their people.In addition to PRBS, the UK provides significant support to the Government of Tanzania's efforts to reform, improve public financial management and tackle corruption. For example, the UK has just agreed to provide £20 million over the next four years to support the Government's public service reforms and build their capacity to deliver basic services to the poor. In addition to our support direct to Government, the UK provides significant project and programme support to strengthening accountability and deepening democracy in Tanzania, including through support for civil society, the media and Parliament. Levels of scrutiny within Tanzania have significantly increased in the last two years. Alongside this, the UK supports the private sector to deliver the continued economic growth Tanzania needs to lift itself out of poverty in the long-term. Table 1: UK total bilateral gross public expenditure (GPEX) on development 2002-03 to 2006-07 Total UK bilateral GPEX to Tanzania (£000) Proportion going directly to Government of Tanzania (percentage) Proportion delivered as DFID poverty reduction budget support (percentage) Other DFID programme and project specific (percentage) Aid from other UK official sources (percentage) 2002-03 102,614 74 44 49 7 2003-04 162,372 41 37 13 51 2004-05 130,009 66 50 24 26 2005-06 114,134 92 74 24 1 2006-07 115,023 90 78 19 2 Note: Rows may not sum due to rounding. I have placed a table in the Library detailing the UK's bilateral projects in Tanzania over the last five years. Table 2: Imputed UK share of multilateral official development assistance (ODA) 2001-05 Tanzania (£000) 2001 23,114 2002 10,738 2003 76,356 2004 28,066 2005 36,645