To ask the Secretary of State for International Development

(1) on what dates in the next 12 months he expects (a) submissions to be made on Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) projects in Argentina, (b) votes on projects involving Argentina to take place in the IADB and (c) meetings of the IADB Board to be held under both the simplified and non-simplified procedures on such projects;

(2) how many loans under both the simplified and non-simplified procedures have been submitted to the Inter-American Development Bank Board since September 2011 related to projects in Argentina; and on what dates those submissions were made.

The Department for International Development does not maintain an aid programme to Argentina and no UK aid is spent providing loans to Argentina at the World Bank or the Inter-American Development bank.

Since September 2011 the Executive Board of the Inter-American Development Bank has received 11 submissions for loans to Argentina. Four were submitted under short procedure and four were submitted under the simplified procedure, neither of which requires a discussion. In addition, three operations were submitted for considerations which were discussed by the board.

The dates of submission were as follows:

The Government of Argentina has agreed an indicative programme for 2012 with the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB). This comprises 11 project submissions in the formal pipeline and four still under consideration for inclusion in the pipeline. Tentative dates of submissions are set out in the table. The first of these will be subject to the simplified procedure—a final decision on the handling of the others has yet to be taken. As a new Argentinean Government took office in December 2011, the pipeline may be subject to other changes.