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Written question asked by Lord Burnett (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 12 March 2015, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 26 March 2015. It was answered by Baroness Northover (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 23 March 2015 on behalf of the Department for International Development.


Military Aid

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what payments have been made by the Department for International Development to the Ministry of Defence in each of the last five years in connection with any operation or other humanitarian work conducted by armed forces or other Ministry of Defence personnel, or the provision of equipment or transport for such work; and in each case, what were those operations.

Answer

Since 2009 the Department for International Development has reimbursed the Ministry of Defence the following amounts for services and supplies provided by the British Armed Forces in support of humanitarian and disaster-relief operations:

Year of activity

Emergency

Amount reimbursed by DFID to MOD

2009

Padang Earthquake

£185,000

2010

Haiti Earthquake

£620,000

2010

Pakistan Floods

£615,000

2013

Philippines

£8,950,000

2014

Iraq

£1,967,000

2014-ongoing

Ebola response in Sierra Leone

£28,000,000


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL5702
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Department for International Development Public expenditure Ministry of Defence Military aid
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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