Caribbean: Overseas Aid
(asked on 20th April 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much money has been spent to support countries in the Caribbean in each year since 2010.
From 2010 to 2016, the UK has provided over £420m in bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Caribbean countries. In 2015, the DFID Caribbean programme increased by £330m, including through the establishment of the £300m UK Caribbean Infrastructure Fund (UKCIF).
Following the devastation of Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, the UK also provided over £185m in humanitarian and reconstruction support, mainly to the affected islands of Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, British Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos and Anguilla.
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| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
| figures in £ thousands | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 3 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
Barbados |
| 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Belize |
| 51 | 322 | 142 | 1,664 | 973 | 1,145 | 423 | |
Dominica |
| 195 | 18 | 34 | 32 | ~ | 492 | 44 | |
Grenada |
| 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 48 | ~ | |
Guyana |
| 1,047 | 367 | 563 | 406 | 1,042 | 2,229 | 658 | |
Haiti |
| 16,944 | 9,714 | 3,264 | 9,585 | 4,685 | 3,850 | 5,996 | |
Jamaica |
| 2,540 | 6,446 | 8,979 | 12,434 | 6,177 | 7,709 | 6,460 | |
Montserrat |
| 10,736 | 27,744 | 21,265 | 31,222 | 20,302 | 33,108 | 28,534 | |
St. Kitts-Nevis | 1 | ~ | 2,354 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
St. Lucia |
| 11 | 230 | 161 | 100 | 188 | 175 | 43 | |
St.Vincent & Grenadines | 10 | 27 | 48 | 31 | ~ | 110 | ~ | ||
Suriname |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
Trinidad & Tobago | 157 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
West Indies, regional | 16,133 | 13,363 | 11,190 | 10,766 | 6,548 | 7,772 | 61,366 | ||
Totals | . | 47,881 | 58,235 | 48,015 | 66,319 | 39,920 | 56,673 | 103,525 | 420,568 |
Source: Statistics for International Development.