asked Her Majesty's Government:What are the business management programmes in which the Department for International Development commissions the British Council to act as manager or contractor; and what is the value of each contract to the British Council. [HL3513]
The table below lists details of contracts let by the Department for International Development to the British Council in 1998–99:
| Project title | Country | Value |
| Palestinian legislative council—library | West Bank and Gaza | 220,755 |
| Support to education sector: book procurement | Ghana | 47,066 |
| Pakistan—Northern education project | Pakistan | 3,385,276 |
| English language teaching project | Philippines | 35,836 |
| Local DFID project support unit | Brazil | 345,102 |
| British council division: IT audit project | India | 13,875 |
| Project support services | Mexico | 519,772 |
Project title
| Country
| Value
|
| Regional programme support services | Asia Regional | 27,205 |
| Management of change | India | 84,695 |
| Soil salinity and breeding for salt resistant crops | India | 265,319 |
| Technical co-operation support contract for 1998–99 | China | 223,130 |
| Orissa social marketing of contraceptives and rehydration salts | India | 229,109 |
| Assistance with design of DFID support to Ethiopian education sector development programme | Ethiopia | 208,285 |
| In country training programme—management | Tanzania | 1,946,400 |
| In country training programme—management | Uganda | 2,433,080 |
| Trainer development project | India | 11,440 |
| Kenya in-country training programme (ICTP) | Kenya | 598,959 |
| Project Managers—health management strengthening project | West Bank and Gaza | 1,189,608 |
| China: financial sector training scheme | China | 150,000 |
| Support to Uganda records management phase iii | Uganda | 527,342 |
| FIMA—design | Bangladesh | 10,084 |
| LGAP II: Gdansk city management project—demonstration seminar | Poland | 6,060 |
| Managing the implementation of the plant Germplasm conservation and utilisation project | India | 314,000 |
| Health and Education access study | Zambia | 159,608 |
| Indian professional officers scheme | India | 330,510 |
| Support for the implementation of the Beijing platform of action—phase ii | Kenya | 509,890 |
| Health policy planning and management project—NIHFW | India | 199,222 |
| Community Ophthalmology | India | 299,817 |
| Leprosy control | India | 191,050 |
| Zimpod managing agency | Zimbabwe | 127,483 |
| Capacity building in the Ministry of Education: project manager | Jordan | 1,367,992 |
| Participation at GID development seminar 1998 | Global (Non Project Specific) | 3,765 |
| Parliamentary co-operation programme administrators | Russia | 260,158 |
| Russian President's management training initiative | Russia | 28,565 |
| Clearance of homicide backlog | Malawi | 68,446 |
| Support for primary health care systems (Bamako initiative) | Nigeria | 2,622,497 |
| Provision of education planning advice for UNRWA's Education Department | Jordan | 140,070 |
| Cross river state community forestry project | Nigeria | 3,176 |
| Books scheme for basic schools (Chatham) | Ghana | 6,985,000 |
Project title
| Country
| Value
|
| Strengthening parliamentary democracy | West Bank and Gaza | 773,110 |
| Small Environment Projects Scheme (SEPS) | Russia | 155,060 |
| West Bank and Gaza good government assessment | West Bank and Gaza | 14,200 |
| Democratic institutions small projects scheme (DISPS) | Russia | 199,920 |
| Training and internal consultancy project phase ii | Bangladesh | 1,133,250 |
| Early literacy and language project | Namibia (SW Africa) | 910,565 |
| Education sector development programme: joint review mission | Ethiopia | 34,290 |
| Training development programme for the Indian police | India | 35,210 |
| Assistance to police training | Mexico | 8,815 |
| Support to independent electoral commission | South Africa, Republic of | 610,720 |
| I believe in myself | Yugoslavia | 103,640 |
| First World Bank Family Health Project (FHPI) | Pakistan | 656,410 |
| Judicial support project | Russia | 599,710 |
| Management for government—bridging project | West Bank and Gaza | 57,680 |
| Gender Beijing project management | Uganda | 260,000 |
| Total value | £31.6 million |