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Pakistan: Overseas Aid

Volume 495: debated on Friday 3 July 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what projects his Department funded in the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07, (c) 2007-08 and (d) 2008-09; which organisations were involved in the delivery of each such project; and how much funding was allocated to each such project. (284185)

Since 2005, the Department for International Development (DFID) has provided direct support to one programme in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)—the FATA Secretariat Capacity Building Programme. Our funding allocation totals £1 million, and delivery is being implemented by the FATA Secretariat over the period 2008-10.

DFID has provided £22 million of humanitarian support since September 2008 to help those displaced by conflict in both the FATA and the North West Frontier Province, which has been channelled through the United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross and non-governmental organisations.

In addition, since 2005 DFID has supported the following nationwide programmes, which have helped provide services in the FATA as well as other parts of Pakistan:

Pakistan

Programme

Implementing agency

Commitment (£ million)

National Health and Population Facility

Ministry of Health

100

Polio Eradication Initiative

WHO/UNICEF

31

Maternal and Newborn Health Initiative

Ministry of Health

91

Achieving Universal Access to Control HIV/AIDS

Ministry of Health (World Bank Trust Fund)

5.9

Rural Support Programmes Network (RSPN)

RSPN

11

Financial Inclusion Programme

State Bank of Pakistan

50

Voluntary Repatriation of Afghan Refugees

UNHCR

1

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much bilateral aid his Department provided to Pakistan in each of the last five years; and on what projects such aid was spent. (284186)

The Department for International Development (DFID) provided the following bilateral aid to Pakistan over the last five years.

Pakistan

Commitment (£ million)

2004-05

31.3

2005-06

97.4

2006-07

101.1

2007-08

86.9

2008-09

1120.8

1 Estimate

A table showing the main aid projects supported by DFID in this period will be placed in the Library of the House.