To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the Government response to the International Development Committee’s report on HIV/AIDS and his Department’s new strategy, HC 235, what the Government’s imputed share of core contributions to multilateral organisations was in the last 12 months, broken down by recipient organisation. (260659)

The Department for International Development’s (DFID) imputed share of multilateral expenditure on health systems in 2007-08 are reproduced as follows.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proportion of his Department's (a) funding contributions in the last 12 months and (b) planned funding contributions in the period up to 2015 to multilateral organisations will form part of the Government's £6 billion spending commitment on health systems strengthening. (260660)

In 2007-08 the Department for International Development's (DFID) multilateral contributions accounted for 20 per cent. of total spending on health systems. No formal projections for the remaining period to 2015 have been made. More information on DFID's overall funding of multilateral organisations to 2010-11 was laid out in DFID's annual report 2008. A copy of this publication is available in the Library or online at www.dfid.gov.uk. Future decisions on health systems funding will consider the most appropriate split between bilateral and multilateral channels to deliver the optimal development outcomes without compromising the overall spending commitment.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate his Department has made of its imputed share of core contributions to each multilateral organisation which it funds in each year up to 2015. (260662)

No formal projections for the period up to 2015 have been made. More information on DFID's overall funding to multilateral organisations up to 2010-11 was laid out in DFID's annual report 2008. A copy of this publication is available from the Library or online at

www.dfid.gov.uk.