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Development Funds spent in Helmand
Project	Value (USD)	Total spent to date (USD)	Partner organisation
Reconstruction and Development
Sayed Tajdar Shrine: Wall and gate construction	21,224	21,224	HAFO
Sayed Tajdar Shrine: Road and footpath construction	33,076	33,076	HAFO
Improvement of Friday Market and Gabion wall	140,623	140,623	HAFO
Improvement of Friday Market (Cha-i-Anjeer)	24,950	24,950	HAFO
Emergency food distribution	3,400	3,400	AFC
Gabion Extension	34,108	34,108	HAFO
Support to Office of the Governor to respond to needs of internally displaced people	60,000	60,000	Office of the Governor
Support to radio stations	150,000	—	Local radio station
Weir on Helmand River	153,147	50,000	HAFO
Silt removal from Helmand River	259,479	100,000	HAFO
Extension of Gabion walls on Helmand River	168,045	50,000	HAFO
Ulema Shura Ramadan Food	6,867	—	UKPRT
Lashkar Gar hospital mortuary	60,000	20,400	GEG
Bost hospital generator	60,000	47,640	GEG
Women’s Centre improvements	30,000	—	To be decided
Kartelegan and Toortank day care centres	80,000	—	HCC
Ulema Shura Eid Support	1,900	1,900	Office of the Governor
Women’s Centre ISAF badges	750	—	Women’s centre
Protection of Nahrisiraj canal	12,000	12,000	Office of the Governor
Security
Permanent vehicle check points (PVCPs)	21,387	21,387	MRO
Afghan national police outposts	480,000	306,193	PCC and ARDA
Afghan national army platoon house	45,000	24,374	MWCC
Afghan national army outposts	158,756	—	NACC
4 Permanent vehicle check points (PVCPs)	155,000	—	MRO
4 Enhanced permanent vehicle check points (PVCPs)	110,000	—	MRO
12 permanent vehicle check points (PVCPs) for Geresk	600,000	600,000	CADJ—built by REs
New PSCC	150,000	150,000	SPKCC
2 PVCPs in Lashkar Gah	16,800	16,800	Office of the Governor
Infrastructure works at USPI compound	5,265	5,265	MWCC
Sustainable lighting equipment for Afghan national police	1,000	—	To be decided
Provision of basic engineering tools for Afghan national police	1,000	—	To be decided
Provision of security infrastructure for Governors office and Bost Hotel	200,000	—	To be decided
Governance
Media training	486,900	378,000	Institute for war and peace reporting
Radio transmitter	122,400	122,400	BBCWS
Helmand Governor-armoured Car	126,684	126,684	Conrico Internatinal Ltd
3,000 uniforms for 1,500 police	30,000	10,000	Local tailor
GPS for the chief of police	150	150	KAF
ID card making facility (ANP)	25,000	25,000	Alpha card systems
Generators for the Governor	170,000	170,000	FCO—to be decided
Wall for the office of the prosecutor	10,000	—	To be decided
Support to the Office of the Governor	35,000	10,000	Office of the Governor
Support to the Office of the Governor	35,000	10,000	Office of the Governor
Tribal Liaison Office, district reports	155,708	77,854	TLO
Rehabilitate printing press	45,000	—	Dept of Information
Set up costs for Musa Qala district administration	10,000	10,000	Office of the Governor
Counter Narcotics
Windmill wells	10,640	10,640	MNCC
Vehicles for counter narcotics police authority	72,080	—	Afghan motors
Counter-narcotics PI campaign	279,939	175,000	WADAN
Communications equipment for the counter narcotics police Afghanistan	10,000	—	To be decided
PA Systems for 12 district centres	3,000	3,000	MCN, MOA and PCD
Counter narcotics tractor repairs	12,000	—	MCN, MOA and PDC
Counter narcotics tractor ploughs	30,000	30,000	MCN, MOA and PDC
Counter narcotics tractor operation	68,024	—	MCN, MOA and PDC
Total	4,946,302	2,872,068

Aid Expenditure

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proportion of UK aid has been allocated to projects on (a) women’s rights, (b) education and literacy, (c) health, (d) infrastructure and (e) political reform in each year since 2001. [98021]

Mr. Thomas: Expenditure relating to women’s rights activities is not available. However table 1 includes expenditure that has a principle and a significant impact on promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women.

Table 2 details expenditure from the bilateral development assistance programme on projects in education (including literacy) and health. Expenditure on activities relating to political reform is not easily defined and can include areas such as good governance through public financial management, anti-corruption, security sector reform and access to justice, but expenditure on these areas cannot be identified separately. However expenditure on local government reform (including Parliament and decentralisation), electoral assistance and public service reform can be identified and have been included in the figures for political reform.

Expenditure on infrastructure includes transport and communication, energy, construction, water supply and sanitation and waste control for this category. Infrastructure expenditure also features in private sector development, information and communication, urban management, agricultural production but the infrastructure element cannot be identified separately and is not included in the figures as follows.

A significant proportion of aid programme funding is channelled through multilateral organisations and much of this cannot be broken down by sector. I have therefore provided details of the bilateral project funding as a proportion of the DFID bilateral programme and of total UK gross expenditure on development in each year.
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Table 1: Gender equality
	Percentage of DFID Bilateral Programme	Percentage of GPEX
2001-02	17	7
2002-03	20	9
2003-04	23	10
2004-05	30	12
2005-06	32	12
Source: SRSG Database

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