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Written Question
Overseas Aid
Tuesday 12th September 2017

Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the international aid budget has been spent on (a) disaster relief and (b) refugee assistance in each of the last five years.

Answered by Rory Stewart

The amount of UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) spent on humanitarian assistance in each of the last 5 years is set out in the table below. In line with the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) classification, this includes expenditure on emergency response, reconstruction relief and rehabilitation, and disaster prevention and preparedness.

This expenditure covers humanitarian support overseas to both refugees and non-refugees. Detailed data is not collected to separately identify expenditure overseas solely on refugees.

UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) for Humanitarian Assistance and support to refugees 2010 -2015, £ million

Year

Humanitarian Assistance1,3

Total (£ million)

2011

639

2012

558

2013

1,005

2014

1,347

2015

1,496

Information on total UK ODA is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/572063/statistics-on-international-development-2016a.pdf.

Source: Statistics on International Development

Table notes:

1.The definition for humanitarian assistance and support to refugees in the UK is set internationally by the OECD DAC.

2.Covering basic costs only for the first year of stay in the UK.

3.The figures for humanitarian assistance and refugee costs cover UK bilateral and multilateral aid.

Written Question
Paraguay: Culture
Thursday 9th February 2017

Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much and what proportion of the aid that her Department gives to Paraguay is for cultural projects in that country; and what those projects so funded are.

Answered by Lord Wharton of Yarm

DFID provides no direct support for cultural projects in Paraguay.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Nov 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

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Written Question
Department for International Development: UK Membership of EU
Monday 18th January 2016

Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contingency arrangements her Department has made for the eventuality of a majority leave vote in the upcoming EU referendum.

Answered by Nick Hurd

I refer the Honourable Member to the answer provided by my Right Honourable Friend the Prime Minister on Thursday 14 January 2016 (UIN: 21952).

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 Jul 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 12 Sep 2014
International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill

"The right hon. Gentleman is speaking with great authority. Having been in Jordan just last month and seen the schools operating there, partly funded by us, I do not think anybody can doubt the necessity of what continuity and sustainability of funding brings to education for those displaced people. On …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Oct 2013
Afghanistan

"May I thank the Secretary of State for paying tribute to Lance Corporal James Brynin, who was from Shoreham in my constituency? He was bravely serving his country on his second tour of Afghanistan and was helping to defend civilians and ISAF personnel when he came under attack. He was …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Mar 2013
Overseas Aid (Private Sector Contracts)

"I commend my right hon. Friend for her patience when listening to such sanctimonious drivel from the other side. Does she agree that while well-targeted aid from agencies can alleviate poverty and suffering in the short term, it is only through private business helping to eliminate poverty through micro-finance and …..."
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