Parliamentary Written Question (Correction) Debate

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Department: Department for International Development

Parliamentary Written Question (Correction)

Priti Patel Excerpts
Monday 18th July 2011

(13 years, 4 months ago)

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Alan Duncan Portrait The Minister of State, Department for International Development (Mr Alan Duncan)
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An error has been identified in the written answer provided to the hon. Member for Witham (Priti Patel) on 30 June 2011, Official Report, column 931W. The full answer given was as follows:

Priti Patel Portrait Priti Patel
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To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether any funding from the public purse provided through his Department’s Strategic Grant Agreement with the Trades Union Congress was used to fund the Trade Unions and International Health and Safety workbook. [62589]

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Between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2005, the Department for International Development (DFID) provided £416,387 to the Trades Union Congress under the Strategy Grant Agreement. A final report on activities funded by this grant was presented to DFID in June 2006. The report provides a comprehensive description of the activities conducted by the ten Unions funded by this grant. There is no reference in the report to funds being used for the Trade Unions and International Health and Safety workbook.

The correct answer should have been: