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Norman Lamb
To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development which UK-based nongovernmental landmine clearance organisations are being supported by the Department. [117187]
Hilary Benn
DFID is currently supporting the Halo Trust and the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) for landmine clearance.
Norman Lamb
To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development in which countries, and to what purposes, the UN's Mine Action Service are putting their most recent allocation of funds from the Department. [117188]
Hilary Benn
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) has allocated funds provided by DFID during the past and current financial year to country programmes, as follows:
Country | Amount (£) | Purpose |
Sudan | 161,573 | Demining Nuba mountains |
Sudan | 65,333 | Mine action co-ordination |
Sudan | 2,333,333 | Mine action centres |
Kosovo | 171,760 | Demining teams |
Eritrea | 45,000 | Mine survey |
Afghanistan | 4,800,000 | Demining |
Iraq | 4,000,000 | Demining |
Eritrea/Ethiopia | 35,000 | Mine action co-ordination |
DR Congo | 65,333 | Mine action co-ordination |
S. Lebanon | 133,333 | Mine action centre |