To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the statement by the Prime Minister of 12 December 2007, Official Report, column 305, on Afghanistan, how much of the cost of the reconstruction programme announced for Musa Qala will be funded from the £450 million in development and stabilisation assistance to Afghanistan. (175480)

I have been asked to reply.

The £450 million in development and stabilisation assistance outlined in the statement to the House by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 12 December 2007, Official Report, columns 303-07, is for the period 2009-12. The initial reconstruction programme for Musa Qala—estimated at £1.9 million—is being funded through Quick Impact Projects, which have a budget this financial year of £9 million.