Development Aid: Transport
(asked on 20th May 2025) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the total expenditure by his Department is on overseas (a) road repairs, (b) waterways, (c) bridges, (d) highways and (e) canals in each of the last five years.
Year | Road Transport, including road repairs, main roads (highways), and road bridges | Water transport, including waterways and canals |
2019 | £37.3m | £0 |
2020 | £15.9m | £0 |
2021 | £22.5m | £0 |
2022 | £24.5m | £0 |
2023 | £9.1m | £0 |
Source: Statistics on International Development
NB Figures prior to the 2020 Department For International Development (DFID) - Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) merger were for DFID, as FCO at that time was focussed on the Prosperity Fund that was closed soon after the merger.