Research
(asked on 13th March 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what amount her Department and its agency spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
Details of DFID’s total spent on centrally commissioned research (via DFID’s Research and Evidence Division) over financial years 2009 to 2014 can be found on the table below.
Table 1
Financial Year | DFID’s Total Gross Spend | DFID’s Total Spend on Centrally Commissioned Research | Proportion of Centrally Commissioned Research as % of Total DFID Budget |
2009-10 | £6.63b | £177m | 2.7% |
2010-11 | £7.69b | £203m | 2.6% |
2011-12 | £7.68b | £222m | 2.9% |
2012-13 | £7.67b | £230m | 3.0% |
2013-14 | £10.06b | £305m | 3.0% |