Asked by: Caroline Spelman (Conservative - Meriden)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether there will be any new country programmes established in 2017.
Answered by Rory Stewart
DFID has no plans to open any new country programmes in 2017. However, in a changing world we remain well-placed to respond to changing circumstances and will continue to lead the global effort in responding to humanitarian crises wherever they arise.
Asked by: Caroline Spelman (Conservative - Meriden)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she will publish her Department's Country Operational Plans.
Answered by Rory Stewart
Material from country Business Plans, which have replaced Operational Plans, will be published in the Spring.
Asked by: Caroline Spelman (Conservative - Meriden)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how her Department ensures that aid finance is predictable and reliable for recipient countries.
Answered by Rory Stewart
The United Kingdom is the only G7 country to legislate on its promise to provide 0.7% gross national income towards helping the world’s poor. In doing so we have given a very strong commitment to stable and predictable aid finance.
The Government recognises the importance of providing predictable flows to partner countries. To this end DFID has published indicative forward country budgets in its Annual Report and details of approved projects in every country. It is important that Ministers continually review where, how and how much we spend, to ensure that aid is being used to maximum effect in reducing poverty in the national interest, and that our work responds to changing global challenges and volatile country situations.
Asked by: Caroline Spelman (Conservative - Meriden)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department has provided to (a) the UNHCR and (b) other organisations to support Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia in each of the last three years.
Answered by Nick Hurd
Over the past three financial years DFID has disbursed £16,999,196 to UNHCR in Ethiopia (of which £7,010,225 was in 2013/14, £9,896,334 in 2014/15 and £91,637 in 2015/16).
From this total, £1,108,571 was allocated for child protection services for Eritrean refugees (£368,068 in 2013/14 and £740,503 in 2014/15).
A further £1,846,027 from this total was allocated over the three years in question for core relief items (basic household goods) for all refugees in Ethiopia, including Eritreans.
Funding for Eritrean refugees was not provided directly to any other organisation in Ethiopia.
Asked by: Caroline Spelman (Conservative - Meriden)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department's budget was spent on supporting water, sanitation and hygiene services in each of the last five years.
Answered by Grant Shapps - Secretary of State for Defence
Expenditure by sector is reported in Statistics on International Development (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-2014).
The table below shows the proportion of DFID bilateral aid spent on water, sanitation and hygiene for the last 5 years for which data are available.
2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | |
Water and Sanitation Expenditure (£ million) | 106 | 112 | 142 | 130 | 163 |
Proportion of Total DFID Bilateral Programme | 2.7% | 2.6% | 3.4% | 3.1% | 3.0% |
When DFID or other UK government departments provide core contributions in support of multilateral organisations, we do not break down by sector. However, there are a number of multilateral organisations that are focussed on water and sanitation. Details of the contributions from DFID to each multilateral organisation can be found at Table A8, online at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-2014.