Developing Countries: Corruption

(asked on 7th October 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether official development assistance (ODA) spent by her Department on anti-corruption activities has reduced as a result of her Department's overall expenditure on ODA between 2014-15; and whether other government departments have taken over any spending on anti-corruption activities that were previously funded through her Department's expenditure on ODA.


Answered by
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Rory Stewart
This question was answered on 14th October 2016

The latest information is available for 2013-2014, as set out in Table 1 below.

Table 1: UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) for anti-corruption activities 2013-2014, £ million 1

2013

2014

£m

% of total ODA

£m

% of total ODA

Total UK Net ODA on anti-corruption activities

565

4.9%

654

5.6%

Of which:

Bilateral

Department for International Development

362

3.2%

385

3.3%

Non -DFID

8

0.1%

7

0.1%

Multilateral

Department for International Development

190

1.7%

245

2.1%

Non -DFID

4

0.0%

17

0.1%

Total UK Net ODA

11,424

11,726

Source: Statistics on International Development

  1. Figures may not add to the total due to rounding.

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