To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which non-governmental organisations his Department is funding to conduct aid work in (a) Sudan and (b) Iraq; and how much each such organisation has been allocated for work in each country for 2009-10. (318797)

Details of the Department for International Development's (DFID) bilateral aid delivered by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in recipient countries are published annually in “Statistics on International Development”, which is available in the House Library or online at:

www.dfid.gov.uk.

Final data for 2009-10 is not yet available and will be published in the 2010 edition of “Statistics on International Development”.

Following is a list of NGOs DFID is currently funding to conduct working in Sudan and Iraq in 2009-10. In addition to the direct funding to NGOs, DFID also provides support to a number of pooled funds through which NGOs can access funding; it is not possible to break down the recipients of these funds.

Sudan

Medair

Tear Fund

GOAL

Malaria Consortium

Red R

Iraq

International Red Cross

BBC World Service Trust

Care International

Christian Aid

Help Age International

Mines Advisory Group

Save the Children.