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
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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
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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
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- Reference
- 41982
- Session
- 2016-17
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- Subjects
- Development aid
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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