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Written question asked by Philip Davies (Conservative) on Wednesday, 6 July 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 July 2016. It was answered by Desmond Swayne (Conservative) on Wednesday, 13 July 2016 on behalf of the Department for International Development.


Overseas Aid

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the foreign aid budget was given directly to the governments of recipient nations in each of the last three years.

Answer

Direct financial aid to governments of recipient nations constituted 14%, 12% and 9% of DFID’s total programme expenditure for years 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15 respectively. These are the three most recent years for which this data is currently available. General Budget Support reduced from 2.2% to 0.5% of DFID’s total programme expenditure over the same period.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
41982
Session
2016-17
Related items
Overseas Aid
Monday, 5 September 2016
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Development aid
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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