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RAF Gibraltar
Mr. Hoyle:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Royal Air Force aircraft used RAF Gibraltar in (a) 2003 and (b) 2004 broken down by type; how many other air forces used Gibraltar in each year; and how many aircraft were involved in each case. [173775]
Mr. Ingram:
The number and type of military aircraft that used RAF Gibraltar in 2003 and up to 30 April 2004 is as follows:
| Royal air forceaircraft type | 2003 | 2004(24)
|
|---|
| C130 | 135 | 56
|
| Hawk | 76 | —
|
| Tornado F3 | 60 | 32
|
| Tornado GR4 | 199 | —
|
| Nimrod | 222 | 30
|
| HS125 | 4 | 2
|
| CH47 | 12 | —
|
| Puma | 10 | —
|
| Merlin | 2 | —
|
| Jaguar | 14 | —
|
| C17 | 6 | 2
|
| Royal navy aircraft type | 2003 | 2004(24)
|
|---|
| Falcon DA50 | 99 | 18
|
| Hawk | 140 | 30
|
| Sea Harrier | 40 | —
|
| Jetstream | 4 | 2
|
| Lynx | 228 | 28
|
| Sea King | 82 | 2
|
| Other forces | 2003 | 2004(24)
|
|---|
| USA-C130 | 2 | —
|
| USA-C26 | 8 | —
|
| USA-Learjet | 6 | 4
|
| Canadian-C130 | 2 | —
|
| Canadian-Sea King | 78 | —
|
| Canadian-CL60 | 2 | —
|
| Morrocan-C560 | 2 | —
|
| Morrocan-CN35 | 4 | 4
|
| New Zealand-P3 | — | 2
|
1 Until 30 April.
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Warship Support Agency
Mr. Nicholas Brown:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what criteria are used by the Warship Support Agency's Maritime Support Strategy element to assess support through life for major future naval equipment. [173701]
Mr. Ingram:
The Maritime Support Strategy (MSS) is an integral part of the broader Defence Logistics Organisation's Support Solution Envelope. This stipulates the following principles, tailored for each project, against which through life support is assessed:
coherence with wider defence strategies, structures, policies, plans and initiatives;
coherence with related support programmes, existing and planned;
demonstration of achievable, flexible and adaptable operational and through-life sustainability; and
a cost-effective means of delivering optimised military capability or business benefits that offers value for money through life.
The MSS provides further detailed information for the application of these principles within the maritime environment. In addition, the support proposal must be comprehensive, with a demonstrably acceptable level of risk.
Wreck Management
Mr. Dalyell:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the Under-Secretary of State's letter reference D/US of S/IC 1295/04/A of 5 April 2004, what action he is taking to resolve the legal principle in international law of the ownership of wrecks; and what lessons have been learned in wreck management for his Department's work on HMS Royal Oak in Scapa Flow. [166925]
Mr. Caplin:
The Ministry of Defence is consulting with other Government Departments, including the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, as to the most appropriate means of resolving the legal principle in international law of the ownership of wrecks.
As to HMS Royal Oak, every opportunity has been taken during the wreck remediation work on this vessel to further our understanding of the technical and environmental issues associated with the management of such wrecks. Our investment in Royal Oak has highlighted that detailed risk and environmental assessment is key to remediation work; that removal of oil, rather than containment, may be the best solution in certain circumstances; that it is important to work closely with industry to identify non-intrusive technological solutions to meet the challenging conditions on similar wrecks; and that there is a need for clear and concise mapping of a wreck and the surrounding site before the start of remediation work.
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INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Aid (Africa)
Angus Robertson:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what projects his Department has (a) run, (b) directly and solely financed and (c) directly financed with other contributors in (i) Uganda, (ii) Rwanda, (iii) Burundi and (iv) the Democratic Republic of Congo in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. [173813]
Hilary Benn:
The following table lists those projects with a commitment of £1 million or more funded by DFID in Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo since 1997, along with details of when they were started, their total value and whether they are solely financed or financed in partnership with
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other donors. There were no such projects funded by DFID in Burundi. I have not listed the projects below this level in view of the number of activities that would involve.
DFID acknowledges the importance of working collaboratively within the wider donor community, rather than operating independently. In all of the countries listed DFID is working actively to promote donor collaboration and harmonisation, both to improve the coherence of donor support and to cut down the transaction costs faced by recipient governments. Whenever solely financed projects are supported (e.g. in response to requests from humanitarian agencies) DFID seeks to do so in full knowledge of the support being provided in that field by other contributors.
| Project Title / Country | Spending Code Created | Commitment | Financed by
|
|---|
| Uganda | | |
|
| Deregulation project preparation | 14 January 1997 | 1,915,818 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| Uganda Prog Aid | 28 February 1997 | 20,000,000 | Harmonised with other donors
|
| Forest Sector Pol & Strat | 4 March 1997 | 6,963,000 | Co-financed by GOU, NORAD, EU, GTZ, UNDP
|
| Commodities Support to the HIV/AIDS, STI and TB Programmes | 5 March 1997 | 2,395,000 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| UNICEF E Polio Immunization/Oral Rehydration Salts | 20 March 1997 | 3,110,000 | Harmonised with other partners
|
| Renewable Natural Resources Strategy | 12 June 1997 | 1,031,698 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| Uganda Fish Farming | 13 June 1997 | 2,227,000 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| Uganda Lake Management | 13 June 1997 | 4,876,000 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| Economic Reform and Primary Education | 24 September 1997 | 20,000,000 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| Cont. to HIPC Trust fund | 19 March 1998 | 6,402,439 | Co financed by other donors
|
| Appropriate Technology (Uganda) Project for Rural Enterprise | 25 March 1998 | 1,057,183 | Harmonised with other donors
|
| Improving Rural Livelihoods | 21 April 1998 | 4,985,000 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| Education Sector Programme (ESP) | 8 May 1998 | 7,000,000 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| Uganda Land Laws (Tenure Project) | 11 May 1998 | 1,350,000 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| Cholera and Ebola Uganda Emergency Support | 20 May 1998 | 1,825,060 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| In Country Training Programme | 20 May 1998 | 2,600,000 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| Poverty Monitoring—Uganda | 25 June 1998 | 1,260,000 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| Primary SFAC project | 14 July 1998 | 2,109,050 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| Eradication of Polio in East Africa | 5 August 1998 | 5,167,251 | Harmonised with other donors
|
| Prog. Aid for Pov.Red.98/2000 | 12 August 1998 | 18,000,000 | Harmonised with other donors
|
| Education Sector Support | 26 November 1998 | 60,000,000 | Harmonised with other donors
|
| National Water & Sanitation Support Programme | 6 January 1999 | 4,987,000 | Harmonised with other donors
|
| Civil Society Programme | 14 June 1999 | 8,300,000 | Harmonised with other donors
|
| Anti-Corruption Support | 6 July 1999 | 2,000,000 | Co-financed by DANIDA
|
| Support to Uganda Bureau of Statistics | 1 February 2000 | 3,250,000 | Co-financed by GoU and World Bank
|
| Support to Government Of Uganda/UNICEF Health Programme | 22 March 2000 | 2,850,000 | Harmonised with other donors
|
| Prog. Aid Pov. Reduct. 99/00 | 24 March 2000 | 14,500,000 | Harmonised with other donors
|
| Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Support | 9 June 2000 | 5,529,930 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| Poverty Eradication Action Plan Budget Support Grant | 12 December 2000 | 138,500,000 | Harmonised with other donors
|
| HIV AIDS Umbrella Prog | 11 April 2001 | 6,260,000 | Harmonised with other donors
|
| Financial Sector Deepening | 1 June 2001 | 7,135,462 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| Acholi land Conflict Reduction | 14 August 2001 | 1,755,155 | Harmonised with other donors
|
| Business Services Uganda | 21 August 2001 | 1,500,000 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| UNICEF Appeal for acholi | 9 April 2002 | 1,270,000 | Harmonised with other donors
|
| Assistance to the Pop Census | 19 July 2002 | 1,000,000 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| Humanitarian response N Uganda | 8 January 2003 | 7,054,912 | Harmonised with other donors
|
| Decentralisation Support Programme | 18 February 2003 | 2,650,000 | Co-funded by World Bank
|
| Priority Humanitarian Response in Northern Uganda-UNICEF | 17 March 2004 | 1,000,000 | Harmonised with other donors
|
| | 383,816,958 |
|
| Rwanda | | |
|
| Gender Mainstreaming Development Programme | 26 September 1997 | 1,670,000 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| Rwanda Revenue Authority Phs I | 9 January 1998 | 1,040,000 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| Rwanda Revenue Authority 3 | 19 November 1998 | 7,218,800 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| Rwanda Revenue Authority 4 Local costs | 10 January 2001 | 1,000,000 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| Rwanda Revenue Authority Phase 4 | 17 January 2001 | 3,565,000 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| Demobilisation & Reintegration | 13 March 1998 | 1,000,000 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| High Commissioner Human Rights | 19 March 1998 | 2,000,000 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| BBC Lifeline | 11 November 1998 | 1,475,588 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| Financial Aid | 15 December 1998 | 93,000,000 | Harmonised with other donors
|
| Household Survey | 25 August 1999 | 1,300,000 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| Poverty Reduction Strategy | 13 June 2000 | 1,410,000 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| Rwanda Education Sector Support Programme
(ESSP) | 23 January 2001 | 10,000,000 | Harmonised with other donors
|
| Rwanda ESSP | 2 January 2002 | 3,530,000 | Harmonised with other donors
|
| Development Central Statistics | 22 July 2002 | 1,500,000 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| Demobilisation & Reintegration Committee | 30 July 2002 | 5,500,000 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| Rwanda DBS 2003/4–2005/6 | 25 November 2003 | 82,000,000 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| Rwanda Rev Auth—Phase V | 4 December 2003 | 4,310,000 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| | 221,519,388 |
|
| | |
|
| Congo Dem Rep | | |
|
| World Bank Trust Fund | 19 March 1998 | 5,977,286 | Co-financed with other donors
|
| ICRC Emergency Appeal 2001 | 13 February 2001 | 5,500,000 | Co-financed with other donors
|
| ICRC Emergency Appeal 2002 | 9 December 2002 | 2,500,000 | Co-financed with other donors
|
| UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs | 20 February 2003 | 1,000,000 | Co-financed with other donors
|
| ICRC Emergency Appeal 2003 | 18 March 2003 | 2,500,000 | Co-financed with other donors
|
| Insecticide Nets | 17 September 2003 | 3,427,147 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| Support to the Poverty Reduction Strategy Process | 11 December 2003 | 1,100,000 | Co-financed with other donors
|
| DRC Quick Start Health IRC | 22 December 2003 | 3,414,016 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| UNICEF Accelerated Vaccination Activities | 25 February 2004 | 1,000,000 | Co-financed with other donors
|
| International Committee Red Cross –Emergency Appeal 2004 | 4 March 2004 | 2,500,000 | Co-financed with other donors
|
| Medecins Sans Frontieres Primary Health Care | 30 March 2004 | 1,035,150 | Solely funded by DFID
|
| | 29,953,599 |
|
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