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Written question asked by Baroness Kennedy of Cradley (Labour) on Thursday, 15 September 2016, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 29 September 2016. It was answered by Lord Young of Cookham (Conservative) on Thursday, 29 September 2016 on behalf of the Treasury.

Overseas Aid

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of the International Aid budget is spent by departments other than the Department for International Development, and which are those departments and how much they are spending.

Answer

The estimated proportion of Official Development Assistance (ODA) to be spent by Departments other than the Department for International Development based on the Spending Review 2015 settlement is 18% in 2016/17. The other departments spending ODA (including allocations from cross-Government funds) are: the Department of Health; the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy; the Foreign & Commonwealth Office; the Department for Energy, Food & Rural Affairs; HM Revenue & Customs; HM Treasury; the Office of National Statistics; the Department for Education; the Department for Work and Pensions; Department for Culture, Media & Sport; the Ministry of Defence; the Department for Transport; and the Home Office.

Outturn figures are not yet available, but a detailed breakdown of the 2016 ODA spend by department will be published in April 2017.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL1984
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Development aid Government departments
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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