Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the UK aid budget has been spent on fragile states in each of the last five years.

The proportion of UK official development assistance (ODA) spent by DFID in fragile states and regions is shown in the table below, in each of the last five years.

Table: DFID’s UK ODA spend in fragile states and regions¹ as a proportion of total DFID ODA, 2012-2016²

1. DFID refreshed its list of fragile states in 2015, to reflect our commitment to spend 50% of our budget in fragile states and regions. We update the list every two years.
2. The table above uses the list of countries that applies to the relevant year of ODA data; 2016 figures use the updated 2017 list, 2015 figures use the original 2015 list, and figures before 2015 use the list before 2015.