Asked by: Lord Burnett (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what payments were made from the Department for International Development (DfID) to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in (1) 2014–15, (2) 2015–16, and (3) 2016–17, to reimburse the MoD for any costs incurred when fulfilling any DfID-related tasks or roles, or any other humanitarian operations.
Answered by Lord Bates
The Department for International Development (DfID) reimbursed the Ministry of Defence (MoD) the following amounts for DFID-related tasks and roles and humanitarian operations in the years specified.
2014/2015 £32,349,060.35 (including £28,822,177 in relation to the Ebola crisis)
2015/2016 £8,843,540.06
2016/2017 £3,676,517.66
Asked by: Lord Burnett (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what payments have been made by the Department for International Development to the Ministry of Defence in each of the last five years in connection with any operation or other humanitarian work conducted by armed forces or other Ministry of Defence personnel, or the provision of equipment or transport for such work; and in each case, what were those operations.
Answered by Baroness Northover
Since 2009 the Department for International Development has reimbursed the Ministry of Defence the following amounts for services and supplies provided by the British Armed Forces in support of humanitarian and disaster-relief operations:
Year of activity | Emergency | Amount reimbursed by DFID to MOD |
2009 | Padang Earthquake | £185,000 |
2010 | Haiti Earthquake | £620,000 |
2010 | Pakistan Floods | £615,000 |
2013 | Philippines | £8,950,000 |
2014 | Iraq | £1,967,000 |
2014-ongoing | Ebola response in Sierra Leone | £28,000,000 |