Overseas Aid
(asked on 27th February 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what sums were reimbursed from the Department for International Development to the Ministry of Defence in each of the last 10 financial years in respect of services or supplies provided by the Ministry of Defence for overseas aid purposes.
Since 2005 the Department for International Development has reimbursed the Ministry of Defence by the following amounts for services and supplies provided by the British Armed Forces in support of humanitarian and disaster-relief operations:
Year of activity | Emergency | Amount reimbursed by DFID to MOD |
2005 | Pakistan Earthquake | £1,900,000 |
2007 | Bangladesh Cyclone | £140,000 |
2008 | Cyclone Nargis | £8,660 |
2009 | Padang Earthquake | £185,000 |
2010 | Haiti Earthquake | £620,000 |
2010 | Pakistan Floods | £615,000 |
2013 | Philippines | £8,950,000 |
2014 | Iraq | £1,967,000 |
2014-ongoing | Ebola response in Sierra Leone | £28,000,000 |