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Mr. Rosindell
To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development if he will make a statement on the total amount of aid sent to Montserrat since 1997 (a) from the EU and (b) directly from the UK. [117857]
Hilary Benn
DFID disbursements for each UK Financial Year since 1996–97 have been as follows:
| Year | Amount (£ million) |
| 1996–97 | 14.441 |
| 1997–98 | 37.866 |
| 1998–99 | 31.096 |
| 1999–2000 | 22.640 |
| 2000–01 | 20.811 |
| 2001–02 | 24.417 |
| 2002–03 | 123.797 |
| Total: | 175.068 |
| 1 Provisional: subject to adjustment | |
Over the same period, the European Commission has allocated £19 million (about £12.5 million) in development assistance to Montserrat for use up to 2007, of which the UK share is about £1.5 million.