Overseas Aid

(asked on 27th February 2015) - View Source
Questioner
Lord Marlesford Portrait
Lord Marlesford
(Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what has been the total cost to the United Kingdom of expenditure on Overseas Development Assistance in each of the years since 1985; and what percentage of gross national income it represented in each year.

Answered by
Baroness Northover Portrait
Baroness Northover
This question was answered on 13th March 2015

The total cost to the United Kingdom of expenditure on Official Development Assistance in each of the years since 1985, and the percentage of gross national income (GNI) it represented in each year is set out in the tables below.

Year

UK Net ODA, £m

ODA/GNI

Year

UK Net ODA, £m

ODA/GNI

1985

1,180

0.33%

2000

2,974

0.32%

1986

1,185

0.31%

2001

3,179

0.32%

1987

1,142

0.28%

2002

3,281

0.31%

1988

1,485

0.32%

2003

3,847

0.34%

1989

1,578

0.31%

2004

4,302

0.36%

1990

1,485

0.27%

2005

5,926

0.47%

1991

1,815

0.32%

2006

6,770

0.51%

1992

1,848

0.31%

2007

4,921

0.36%

1993

1,945

0.31%

2008

6,356

0.43%

1994

2,089

0.31%

2009

7,301

0.51%

1995

2,029

0.29%

2010

8,452

0.57%

1996

2,050

0.27%

2011

8,629

0.56%

1997

2,096

0.26%

2012

8,802

0.56%

1998

2,332

0.27%

2013

11,462

0.71%

1999

2,118

0.24%

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