Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion, and what total sum of the budget of the Department for International Development, in each of the last ten years, has been used for emergency assistance to countries suffering from the consequences of natural disasters such as hurricanes, typhoons or earthquakes.

The amount of UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) spent on humanitarian assistance in each of the last 10 years is provided in the table below. In line with the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) classification, this includes expenditure on emergency response, reconstruction relief and rehabilitation, and disaster prevention and preparedness.

This expenditure covers humanitarian support to countries overseas suffering from the consequences of natural and man-made disasters. Detailed data is not collected to identify separately expenditure for natural disasters.

UK bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) for humanitarian assistance, 2006 -2015, £ million.

Information on total UK ODA is available on gov.uk website

1.The definition for humanitarian assistance is set internationally by the OECD Development Assistance Committee.

2. The statistical data for ODA is collected according to use, such as sector or purpose, and not by event.

Source: Statistics on International Development