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Africa: Overseas Aid

Volume 475: debated on Wednesday 14 May 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what UK bilateral aid programmes are under way in (a) Gambia, (b) Cameroon, (c) Guinea and (d) the Democratic Republic of Congo; and what the likely (i) cost and (ii) duration is of each. (204971)

The following tables show all the UK bilateral aid programmes with a value of £500,000 or more currently under way in the Gambia, Cameroon, Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

(a) Gambia

Commitment

Sector

Programme

£ million

From

To

Education

Basic Education Support for Poverty Reduction

3.5

2005

2010

Governance

Legal Capacity Building Programme

2.65

2004

2010

Financial Governance Programme

1.7

2004

2009

Support to the Pro-Poor Advocacy Group

0.57

2005

2009

Civil Society

Concern Universal: Empowering Civil Society Organisations

0.55

2006

2009

(b) Cameroon

Commitment

Sector

Programme

£ million

From

To

Environment

Targeted Sector Budget Support to the Forest and Environment Sector Programme (FESP)

4

2006

2009

Basket Fund Technical Capacity Building to the FESP

4

2005

2008

Forest Governance Facility

2.38

2006

2009

World Bank/DFID collaboration to support the forestry sector

0.64

2004

2009

(c) Guinea

Commitment

Sector

Programme

£ million

From

To

Governance

Preparation for Democratic Government

0.5

2007

2009

(d) Democratic Republic of Congo

Commitment

Sector

Programme

£ million

From

To

Emergency

Humanitarian Pooled Fund

90

2006

2008

Governance

Strengthening Democracy and Accountability in the DRC

63.88

2008

2012

Support to the Electoral process

21.17

2004

2008

Media for Strengthening Democracy and Accountability

8.11

2007

2012

Peace Building and Citizenship in the DRC

2.37

2006

2009

Restoration of Justice in the East of Congo

2

2007

2009

Support to European Union Security Sector Reform Mission -Chain of Payments project

0.7

2008

2008

Security Sector Accountability and Police programme

0.5

2008

2013

EU Security Mission Consultancy

0.5

2005

2008

Civil Society

Communities Sowing the Future of Congo

24.84

2007

2010

Health

Provision of free health care

30.7

2007

2011

Subsidised Insecticide Treated Net Programme

17.08

2001

2008

DRC Quick Start Health

9.76

2003

2008

Christian Aid HIV project

4.625

2006

2011

Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) Rapid Reaction Fund

1.8

2006

2008

DRC-Christian Relief Network Fistula Programme

0.95

2005

2008

Medecins Sans Frontieres—Belgium Emergency Pool

0.7

2007

2008

Infrastructure

Support to Transport Infrastructure (Republic of Congo Pro-Routes)

38

2008

2013

Rehabilitation and Maintenance of K2 Road

4.62

2004

2009

Support to Transport Infrastructure (Pro-Routes)—Preparation Stage

1.18

2006

2012

UK/China work on Roads impact mitigation in DRC

0.5

2008

2009

Water and Sanitation

Water Supply to Mbuji Mayi

2.5

2007

2009

Public Administration

Minerals Support Programme

1.15

2007

2010

Strengthening DRC Forest Sector

0.74

2006

2009

Humanitarian

International Committee of Red Cross

9

2006

2008

Volcano risk management Unit

0.9

2007

2008

Education

Access to Primary Education

2.5

2006

2008