To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what subjects she discussed with the Chief Minister of Montserrat during his recent visit to London. [98834]

We discussed Montserrat's progress towards self-sufficiency, including plans for a new airport, and future DFID support.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what financial resources her Department (a) allocated and (b) transferred to Montserrat in each year from 1998. [98835]

The figures are:

UK Financial Year	Allocated(£000s)1	Disbursed(000s)2
1998–99	33,000	31,096
1999–2000	23,934	22,640
2000–01	24,100	20,811
2001–02	24,400	24,412
2002–03	120,000	220,000
1 Revised
2 Estimated outturn

In addition I recently set aside a total of £45.6 million for Montserrat over the period 2003–04 to 2000–06, which will bring our total assistance by 2005–06 to over £225 million since the onset of the volcanic emergency. This will represent, for the coming three years, an increase of around 50 percent. of the budget that was previously available to Montserrat over that period.