Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Wakefield)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2015 to Question 5228, how much of the UK's £2 billion capital contribution to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is classified as overseas development aid.
Answered by Harriett Baldwin
The government will make a capital contribution of $3.1bn (£2bn) to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, to support much needed infrastructure investment in Asia and in turn increase global growth.
Additional funding was provided at the Summer Budget for this financial transaction. The OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) annually reviews which international organisations are Official Development Assistance (ODA) eligible. The OECD has not taken any decisions on the ODA eligibility of the AIIB.
The government will seek approval from Parliament for this contribution under Section 11 of the International Development Act.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Wakefield)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has allocated to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank for each year from 2015 to 2018.
Answered by Harriett Baldwin
The information requested is published in the AIIB Articles of Agreement and is available at www.aiibank.org.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Wakefield)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has allocated to the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
Answered by Danny Alexander
The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) was formed during Spending Round 2013 so only has a budget from 2015/16, so there are no figures for 2014/15. The resources allocated in 2015/16 are £1,033m.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Wakefield)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total amount of non-fiscal spending in each year from 2009-10 to 2014-15 is (a) in real terms and (b) as a proportion of total government spending.
Answered by Danny Alexander
“Non-fiscal spend” is not a formal term in the UK National Accounting framework. It is sometimes used to refer to items of public expenditure, which although included in departmental budgets, are either not classified as spending in the National Accounts or use a different source.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Wakefield)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's non-fiscal spend was in real terms in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13, (e) 2013-14 and (f) 2014-15.
Answered by Danny Alexander
“Non-fiscal spend” is not a formal term in the UK National Accounting framework. It is sometimes used to refer to items of public expenditure, which although included in departmental budgets, are either not classified as spending in the National Accounts or use a different source.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Wakefield)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how his Department defines non-fiscal spend.
Answered by Danny Alexander
“Non-fiscal spend” is not a formal term in the UK National Accounting framework. It is sometimes used to refer to items of public expenditure, which although included in departmental budgets, are either not classified as spending in the National Accounts or use a different source.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Wakefield)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many international payments of less than £2 million his Department has made in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2013-14; how many such payments were made to each country receiving such payments; what the value of such payments was in each such year; and what the cost in fees and transactions of each such payment was.
Answered by David Gauke
This information would only be available at a disproportionate cost.