Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what rules determine the proportion of the cost of military assets used for humanitarian and other overseas aid operations that can be allocated to the budget of the Department for International Development.

All UK official development assistance (ODA) meets the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ODA reporting directives. The Directives state ‘additional costs incurred for the use of military personnel to deliver humanitarian aid or perform development services are included in ODA (but not their regular salaries and expenses)’.