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Departmental Public Expenditure

Volume 480: debated on Monday 6 October 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how his Department treats underspend in each individual annual country budget; and if he will make a statement. (224475)

Expected underspends in individual annual country budgets are re-allocated to other programmes within the same financial year. If this is not possible, the underspends contribute to the Department’s End of Year Flexibility entitlement.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the (a) underspend and (b) overspend on country budgets in his Department was in each of the last five years, broken down by county. (224511)

The following table shows underspends and overspends against budget for country programmes for the financial years 2003-04 to 2007-08.

Department for International Development—(over)/under spend against budgets for country programmes, 2003-04 to 2007-08

£000

(Over)/under spend

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

Africa

East and Central Africa

Ethiopia

(10,395)

(6,746)

1,682

2,969

443

Tanzania

(2,319)

(6,052)

801

636

819

Sudan

9,345

859

(11,535)

(304)

(12,151)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

8,843

(8,458)

2,708

(15,803)

2,679

Uganda

8,507

2,046

3,263

1,816

8,076

AED Other

(11,713)

(9,820)

(17,614)

12,552

391

Kenya

999

(2,151)

(14,019)

(10,615)

5,332

Somalia

3,779

Rwanda

6,866

1,397

(22,128)

858

(6,061)

Burundi

(2,362)

179

4,571

Total

10,133

(28,925)

(59,204)

(7,712)

7,878

West and Southern Africa

Nigeria

(2,876)

(193)

(10,852)

(1,227)

18,029

Ghana

(1,022)

(4,945)

(15,287)

1,913

(16,549)

Malawi

3,893

(8,059)

(6,014)

2,117

3,247

Mozambique

(2,608)

(2,618)

(1,437)

(9,331)

3,273

Sierra Leone

(2,160)

(5,239)

6,207

(4,799)

(12,219)

Zambia

(664)

1,755

(6,928)

729

1,910

Zimbabwe

852

3,783

2,164

940

(1,223)

Southern Africa Regional (inc Lesotho, Angola)

(7,637)

(1,453)

7,216

1,753

13,329

South Africa

(9,543)

612

(5,707)

Liberia

2,105

Lesotho

189

Total

(12,033)

(16,969)

(34,474)

(7,293)

6,195

Pan-Africa Strategy and Programmes

Africa-ATP

(2,644)

Africa Regional Budget

8,000

10,756

29,342

10,778

15,102

Humanitarian Assistance

1,185

14,488

3

4,198

(837)

Other

(3,245)

2,247

Africa Policy Fund

(7,014)

(10,816)

682

(8,147)

2,943

Total

(1,074)

11,784

30,027

6,829

19,455

Africa total

(2,974)

(34,110)

(63,651)

(8,176)

33,528

South Asia

India

(17,425)

(7,751)

(1,938)

1,245

3,814

Bangladesh

7,700

(2,962)

1,427

584

(14,808)

Afghanistan

3,396

(9,142)

3,494

3,442

(1,697)

Pakistan

(2,221)

31,656

4,149

1,631

7,695

Nepal

(1,778)

1,650

(1,535)

2,029

(10,989)

Asia Regional Policy and Programmes

(14,552)

1,544

9,275

14,674

(3,875)

Sri Lanka

(2,323)

980

Asia Reserve (inc Post Tsunami Rehab)

15,000

South Asia total

(24,880)

29,995

14,872

21,282

(18,880)

Europe, Middle East Americas, Central and East Asia

Europe/Central Asia

EU Accession/Pre Accession Countries

(756)

(459)

(169)

Central Asia, South Caucasus, Moldova

(1,769)

(1,958)

1,486

1,396

2,062

Balkans

803

2,522

(1,449)

(26)

687

ECAD Regional

2,500

(83)

Ukraine

255

1,222

(474)

(704)

73

Russia

(2,498)

923

(71)

14

125

Total

(1,465)

2,250

(677)

680

2,864

Americas/Overseas Territories

Latin America

(529)

(2,597)

(465)

336

234

Caribbean

1,254

603

(451)

4,230

(574)

Overseas Territories

(341)

137

(1,535)

(3,241)

(2,049)

Latin America -ATP

14

Total

384

(1,857)

(2,451)

1,325

(2,375)

Middle East/North Africa

Yemen

1,575

1,131

164

(438)

(3)

Palestinian Authority

4,132

(856)

(5,157)

39

(18,002)

Middle East Regional

787

(260)

(158)

(59)

(34)

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees

(4,646)

202

15

Iraq

(4,656)

(3,296)

(1,174)

2,084

1,319

Total

(2,808)

(3,079)

(6,310)

1,626

(16,720)

EMAD Regional Programmes

Research/Consultancy/EMAP Regional

22

(89)

107

(7,291)

8,175

EBRD subscription (Capital)

(778)

331

174

Other

(25,990)

6,000

Total

(26,746)

6,242

281

(7,291)

8,175

South East Asia

China

4,348

(7,465)

564

(3,416)

24

Vietnam

(330)

500

(341)

South East Asia

(3,938)

2,864

4,497

9,982

(2,468)

Total

410

(4,601)

4,731

7,066

(2,785)

Total Europe, Middle East, Americas, Central and East Asia

(30,225)

(1,045)

(4,426)

3,406

(10,841)

Total—country/regional programmes

(58,079)

(5,160)

(53,205)

16,512

3,807