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Nick Smith
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(11 years, 10 months ago)
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Justine Greening
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. As I said, our development relationship with India needs to match the India of today and the future rather than the India of yesterday, which means we can reprioritise our portfolio of development spend on countries where we believe we can still make a difference. Without that assistance from the UK, we would not be able to see change on the ground.
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) (Lab)
Can the Secretary of State reveal how much financial aid will be provided to India through the UK’s technical assistance?
Justine Greening
We currently have an aid programme of around £270 million a year. After we complete our transition to technical assistance, we expect to spend approximately just under £30 million from 2015 onwards, to help the Indian Government to get the most out of the £50 billion a year they spend on things such as health and education.