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Written question asked by Andrew George (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 27 June 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 29 June 2005. It was answered by Hilary Benn (Labour) on Tuesday, 12 July 2005 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Iraq

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much has been spent by the Government on reconstruction in Iraq, in each month since January.
Answer

Monthly expenditure by DFID on reconstruction assistance to Iraq since January 2005 has been as follows:

£
January 1,496,116
February 2,206,802
March 13,137,196
April 807,177
May 1,222,741
June 3,488,257

The March expenditure figure is substantially higher than that for other months due to a £10 million payment to the International Committee of the Red Cross for its 2005 Iraq Appeal. Variations in expenditure from month to month also reflect when invoices were received for completed work on different projects.In addition, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has continued expenditure in Iraq under its £30 million programme of quick impact projects (of which about £27 million has been spent since April 2003); and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has made disbursements under the joint FCO/MoD/DFID financed Global Conflict Prevention Pool for Iraq (on which over £23 million has been spent since April 2003). Monthly breakdowns of this spending are not available.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
8434; 436 c1006-7W;436 c1006-7W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Iraq Reconstruction