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Security

Volume 503: debated on Wednesday 6 January 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many UK private military and security companies have been awarded contracts by his Department to carry out work in (a) Afghanistan, (b) Iraq, (c) Sudan, (d) Israel, (e) Somalia, (f) Pakistan, (g) Colombia, (h) Ethiopia and (i) Eritrea in (i) 2005, (ii) 2006, (iii) 2007, (iv) 2008, (v) 2009 and (vi) future years; and what the monetary value is of each contract. (306912)

The Department for International Development (DFID) has not awarded any contracts to UK private military or security companies to carry out work in the listed countries during the periods stated.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many third sector agencies operating in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq and receiving government funding are employing private military and security companies. (307009)

None of the NGOs receiving funding through the Department for International Developmentā€™s (DFID) bilateral programmes in Afghanistan and Iraq employ either private military or security companies.