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Tanzania: Water

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Question for Department for International Development

UIN 907182, tabled on 8 November 2016

Question

Alberto Costa
Conservative
South Leicestershire
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to water in Tanzania.

Answer

James Wharton
Conservative
Stockton South
Commons

Answered on

16 November 2016

The UK supports the Government of Tanzania’s nationwide Water Sector Development Programme, which aims to provide access to clean, safe water for 80% of the population by 2019. The UK Government’s contribution will improve water access for 2.1 million people in rural areas by 2019.

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Department for International Development
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