Written question asked by Lord Marlesford (Conservative) on Friday, 27 February 2015, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Friday, 13 March 2015. It was answered by Baroness Northover (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 13 March 2015 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Development Aid

Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what has been the total cost to the United Kingdom of expenditure on Overseas Development Assistance in each of the years since 1985; and what percentage of gross national income it represented in each year.

Answer

The total cost to the United Kingdom of expenditure on Official Development Assistance in each of the years since 1985, and the percentage of gross national income (GNI) it represented in each year is set out in the tables below.

Year	UK Net ODA, £m	ODA/GNI	Year	UK Net ODA, £m	ODA/GNI
1985	1,180	0.33%	2000	2,974	0.32%
1986	1,185	0.31%	2001	3,179	0.32%
1987	1,142	0.28%	2002	3,281	0.31%
1988	1,485	0.32%	2003	3,847	0.34%
1989	1,578	0.31%	2004	4,302	0.36%
1990	1,485	0.27%	2005	5,926	0.47%
1991	1,815	0.32%	2006	6,770	0.51%
1992	1,848	0.31%	2007	4,921	0.36%
1993	1,945	0.31%	2008	6,356	0.43%
1994	2,089	0.31%	2009	7,301	0.51%
1995	2,029	0.29%	2010	8,452	0.57%
1996	2,050	0.27%	2011	8,629	0.56%
1997	2,096	0.26%	2012	8,802	0.56%
1998	2,332	0.27%	2013	11,462	0.71%
1999	2,118	0.24%

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Type: Written question
Reference: HL5305
Session: 2014-15
Related items: Overseas Aid
Wednesday, 25 March 2015
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects: Development aid
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Development Aid

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