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Written question asked by John Battle (Labour) on Tuesday, 3 June 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 5 June 2008. It was answered by Baroness Merron (Labour) on Tuesday, 10 June 2008 on behalf of the Department for International Development.


Democratic Republic of Congo: Overseas Aid

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what support his Department gave to the Democratic Republic of Congo in each year since 1997.
Answer

Details of the Department for International Development's (DFID) bilateral assistance and imputed multilateral assistance to the Democratic Republic of Congo since 1997 are laid out in the following tables:

Table 1: Total DFID bilateral expenditure 1997-98 to 2006-07
Democratic Republic of Congo (£000)
1997-98 6,911
1998-99 552
1999-2000 37,005
2000-01 3,096
2001-02 5,558
2002-03 12,859
2003-04 17,173
2004-05 29,284
2005-06 58,832
2006-07 75,251
Table 2: Imputed DFID share of multilateral official development assistance (ODA) 1997-98 to 2006-07
Democratic Republic of Congo (£000)
1997-98 4,259
1998-99 363
1999-2000 166
2000-01 3,305
2001-02 5,808
2002-03 54,472
2003-04 29,040
2004-05 26,047
2005-06 38,275
2006-07 26,570

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
477 c215W; 209215
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Development aid Democratic Republic of the Congo
Link
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