Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of her Department's programmes in Pakistan in each of the last five years.

Pakistan is one of the UK’s top development priorities. A more prosperous and inclusive country will help millions of the poorest people to have a better future and improve stability and security in Pakistan and the UK.

The figures from our annual audited accounts for DFID investment in Pakistan are:

17/18 £367.2m

16/17 £422.11m

15/16 £336.3m

14/15 £255.4m

13/14 £253.0m