Mr. Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how far the budget of her Department relating to povertyreduction is set to increase over the next three years. [147664]Clare Short: All United Kingdom development assistance is focused on the elimination of poverty.My Department's budget will increase by an average of 6.2 per cent. over the next three years, taking it to the highest level everboth in cash and real terms--almost £3.6 billion--by 2003-04.