Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what (a) funds and (b) other resources his Department has allocated to Yemen in the last 12 months.
[Official Report, 15 December 2010, Vol. 520, c. 776W.]
Letter of correction from Mr Alan Duncan:
An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) on 15 December 2010. The full answer given was as follows:
Mr Duncan
The Department for International Development has allocated £50 million of programme funding for development projects in Yemen for this financial year 2010-11. In financial year 2009-10 a total of £27 million was disbursed, as reported in “Statistics for International Development”, available on DFID's website.
There are ten international staff and six local staff working full-time on the Yemen programme.
The correct answer should have been:
Mr Duncan
The Department for International Development has allocated £50 million of programme funding for development projects in Yemen for this financial year 2010-11. In financial year 2009-10 a total of £29.8 million was disbursed, as reported in “Statistics for International Development”, available on DFID's website.
There are 10 international staff and six local staff working full-time on the Yemen programme.