Steve McCabe – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2014-06-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will publish a list of all consultancy groups and sub-contractors used by her Department on the Bost Agri-Business and Airfield projects in Afghanistan.

Justine Greening

The Bost industrial business park proposal was originally approved by officials in 2009 at a time when Ministers did not approve spend under £40m. In 2012 it became clear that the project could no longer be completed within the original timeframe and in good order. To avoid wasting taxpayers’ money I decided that UK funding for the project should be cancelled. The completed park designs have been handed over to the Afghan authorities to enable them to pursue the project over a revised time frame. DFID’s work on Bost Airfield was completed in November 2013.

The following consultancy groups were paid directly by DFID on the Bost Airfield and Business Park programme:

Coffey International

Crown Agents

Mott Macdonald