Humanitarian Aid
(asked on 27th January 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total amount of Official Development Assistance (ODA) spent on humanitarian assistance for each of the last three financial years; and what proportion of ODA was comprised of humanitarian assistance in each of the last three financial years.
The amount of UK bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) spent on humanitarian assistance for the last three calendar years, and the proportion of UK ODA, is set out in the table below.
Table: Total UK bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) spent on humanitarian assistance, 2013-2015, £ million
. | Humanitarian assistance (£ million) | Total UK bilateral ODA (£ million) | Humanitarian assistance as a % of total UK bilateral ODA |
2013 | 826 | 6,720 | 12% |
2014 | 1,119 | 6,822 | 16% |
2015 | 1,266 | 7,664 | 17% |
Source: Statistics on International Development 2016