To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what funding his Department has provided for water projects in the last 10 years, broken down by (a) project and programme and (b) country. (154516)

A detailed breakdown of DFID support for the water sector over the last five years can be found in the two reports titled “Financial Support to the Water Sector 2002 to 2004” and “Financial Support to the Water Sector 2004 to 2006”, prepared for DFID by WS Atkins Plc. Both are available on DFID’s website,

www.dfid.gov.uk.

Earlier data are not available on a comparable basis.