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Written question asked by Lord Willoughby de Broke (UK Independence Party) on Tuesday, 20 February 2018, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 6 March 2018. It was answered by Lord Bates (Conservative) on Monday, 5 March 2018 on behalf of the Department for International Development.


Democratic Republic of Congo: Overseas Aid

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much foreign aid money was provided to the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the Department for International Development in each year since 2010.

Answer

Since 2010, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has received a total of £1.03 billion in bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) from the Department for International Development (DFID).

The table below shows the amount of DFID bilateral ODA to the DRC broken down by year:

Year

Amount in Millions

2010

£161.5

2011

£145.8

2012

£138.2

2013

£155.4

2014

£164.1

2015

£139

2016

£128.4

Total

£1,032.4

Source: Statistics on International Development 2017


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL5697
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Development aid Democratic Republic of the Congo
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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