To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2008, Official Report, column 721W, on Ghana: money, what the exchange rate was on each transfer; how many Ghana new cedis were received for each; what commission was paid on each transfer; which exchange institution or bank was used for each; and what the purpose was of each. (192692)

Pursuant to the answer of 1 February 2008, Official Report, column 721W, the exchange rates used and cedi equivalents for transactions are noted in the following table.

Standard Chartered Bank is used for all transactions, with transfers from sterling to Ghana new cedis agreed on a no commission basis. Each payment was used to fund local expenditure through the DFID Ghana office.