Mark Simmonds
Shadow Minister (International Development)
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 6 March 2007, Official Report, columns 1835-6W, on Afghanistan: overseas aid, how much funding each organisation listed in Annexe A and Annexe B received from his Department for the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan in each of the last three financial years.
Hilary Benn
The Secretary of State for International Development
DFID Afghanistan has channelled the following amounts through the organisations listed in Annexe A and Annexe B of the answer of
| 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | Total | |
| Annexe A—international organisations | ||||
| Aga Khan (£) | 700,000 | 1,700,000 | 700,000 | 3,100,000 |
| BBC World Service Trust (£) | — | — | 49,595 | 49,595 |
| BAAG (£) | 100,000 | 158,000 | 39,000 | 297,000 |
| Annexe B—local organisations | ||||
| Afghan Fertiliser Company (£) | — | — | 1,789 | 1,789 |
| Afghanistan Independence Human Rights Commission ($) | — | — | — | 5,700 |
| Afghanistan Information Management Service ($) | 4,196 | — | — | 4,196 |
| Afghanistan National Construction Coordination ($) | 63,976 | — | — | 63,976 |
| Co-operation Centre for Afghanistan ($) | — | — | — | 8,380 |
| Helping Afghan Farmers Organisation (£) | — | — | 1,336,000 | 1,336,000 |
| Irtiqa Development and Construction Organisation ($) | — | — | — | 71,640 |
| Reconstruction Committee for Development of Afghanistan ($) | — | — | — | 74,500 |
| Roshan Construction Company ($) | 23,547 | — | — | 23,547 |
| Southern Afghanistan Development Association ($) | — | — | — | 95,000 |
| Southern Rehabilitation and Aid Committee ($) | — | — | — | 23,000 |
| Tribal Liaison Office (£) | — | — | 81,952 | 81,952 |
Other organisations listed in Annexe A and Annexe B were funded prior to the last three financial years. DFID Afghanistan also indirectly funds a range of non-governmental organisations as implementing partners of the Government of Afghanistan's National Priority Programmes (e.g. through our support to the National Solidarity Programme).
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