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Written Question
Greece: EU Aid
Monday 13th July 2015

Asked by: Douglas Carswell (Independent - Clacton)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on the provision of humanitarian assistance to Greece.

Answered by Desmond Swayne

We have not received a request from the Greek government for assistance. If we do, we will assess this on the basis of need. Greece is not eligible to receive Official Development Assistance as it has a GNI per capita of around $22,000. The maximum GNI per capita for a country to be ODA eligible is around $13,000. In the short to medium term it is therefore unlikely we could provide support through the aid budget.