Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2014 to Question 198148, how much of the £2,809,462 provided to the Pitcairn Islands was allocated to each of the categories listed in that Answer.

DFID provides funds to the Pitcairn Islands in the form of budget aid. In 2013/14 the breakdown of how this was allocated was:

Shipping service £1,330,000

Child safeguarding £500, 000

The remaining £980,000 was spent on maintaining the island’s basic services as well as the costs associated with the running of Pitcairn Islands Office (PIO) in Auckland, New Zealand.