Sir Alan Duncan corrected the Commons record on Yemen: Overseas Aid
Sir Alan Duncan made the correction and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 12 January 2011. The figure £27 million in the original became £29.8 million in the correction. Altogether 10 words differ between the two versions.
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what (a) funds and (b) other resources his Department has allocated to Yemen in the last 12 months. Letter of correction from Mr Alan Duncan: An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) on 15 December 2010. The full answer given was as follows:
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| The Department for International Development has allocated £50 million of programme funding for development projects in Yemen for this financial year 2010-11. In financial year 2009-10 a total of There are The correct answer should have been: | The Department for International Development has allocated £50 million of programme funding for development projects in Yemen for this financial year 2010-11. In financial year 2009-10 a total of £29.8 million was disbursed, as reported in “Statistics for International Development”, available on DFID's website. There are 10 international staff and six local staff working full-time on the Yemen programme. |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
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