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Written question asked by Lord Patten (Conservative) on Monday, 31 October 2022, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 14 November 2022. It was answered by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Conservative) on Monday, 14 November 2022 on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.


Development Aid

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of the Official Development Assistance budget is paid to global multilateral organisations rather than direct to recipient countries; and how much money this represents.

Answer

In 2021 UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) was £11,496 million. Of this, 38.4 percent was delivered through core contributions to multilateral organisations (£4,411 million).

Source: Statistics on International Development: Provisional UK Aid Spend 2021.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL3062
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Development aid International organisations Payments
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk