11. To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what funding he has allocated as aid for Latin American countries in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. (130170)

DFID currently has plans to allocate £8 million in 2007-08 to the Latin American regional programme, and £4 million to the bilateral programme in Nicaragua. Decisions about funding allocations to Latin American countries from 2008-09 will be taken in the context of the comprehensive spending review.