Overseas Aid

(asked on 18th January 2018) - View Source
Questioner
Baroness Tonge Portrait
Baroness Tonge
(Non-affiliated - Life peer)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of the UK overseas development assistance was not spent by the Department for International Development in the following years (1) 2013–14, (2) 2014–15, (3) 2015–16, and (4) 2016–17.

Answered by
Lord Bates Portrait
Lord Bates
This question was answered on 24th January 2018

Information on the amount of ODA spent by the UK Government can be found in the Statistics on International Development publication on gov.uk website

For ease of reference the table below sets out ODA spend by the Department for International Development and by other UK contributors.

Table of UK ODA1 by contributor and proportion of total: 2013 to 2016

ODA contributor

2013

2014

2015

2016

£ millions

% of total

£ millions

% of total

£ millions

% of total

£ millions

% of total

DFID

10,016

87.8%

10,084

86.2%

9,772

80.5%

9,874

73.8%

Non—DFID

1,391

12.2%

1,616

13.8%

2,364

19.5%

3,507

26.2%

Of which2

Other HMG Department

1,162

10.2%

1,076

9.2%

1,595

13.1%

2,455

18.3%

Non-Departmental ODA 3

229

2.0%

540

4.6%

768

6.3%

1,052

7.9%

Total UK ODA

11,407

11,700

12,136

13,381

Source: Statistics on International Development.

  1. ODA is measured on a calendar year basis.
  2. Figures may not sum to total due to rounding
  3. Non-departmental ODA includes EU Attribution (Non-DFID), IMF Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust, Gift Aid, BBC World Service, Scottish Government, Colonial Pensions and Welsh Assembly.
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