Written question asked by Tobias Ellwood (Conservative) on Monday, 18 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 21 January 2010. It was answered by Douglas Alexander (Labour) on Monday, 25 January 2010 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Overseas Aid

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 13 January 2010, Official Report, column 1014W, on overseas aid, how much expenditure by Government departments qualified as official development assistance in the last financial year; and what percentage of such expenditure was undertaken by (a) his Department, (b) the Ministry of Defence and (c) the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Answer: Official development assistance (ODA) is reported on a calendar year basis in line with definitions laid out by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC). UK ODA totalled £6.4 billion in 2008. Of this total:"The Department for International Development (DFID) contributed £5.4 billion.""The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) contributed £164 million.""£134 million in ODA was spent through the Conflict Prevention Pool (CPP) and Stabilisation Aid Fund (SAF). Of this amount, £97 million was managed by the FCO and the Ministry of Defence (MOD), with the remainder managed by DFID.""The remaining amount was attributed to smaller contributions from other Government Departments, debt relief and net investments by CDC."2009 ODA figures will be available in April. Further details of UK ODA is available through the OECD Development Assistance Creditor Reporting System database available at"www.oecd.org"

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 504 c612W; 312347
Session: 2009-10
Related items: Overseas Aid
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Development aid
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