To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much aid his Department allocated to Algeria in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007, (d) 2008 and (e) 2009. (312912)

The Department for International Development (DFID) does not have a bilateral programme in Algeria and has not allocated any aid to the country between 2005 and 2009.

Details of DFID’s aid expenditure in developing countries are published annually in “Statistics on International Development”, which is available in the House Library or online at:

www.dfid.gov.uk