Developing Countries: Sanitation
(asked on 9th November 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department's budget was spent on supporting water, sanitation and hygiene services in each of the last five years.
Expenditure by sector is reported in Statistics on International Development (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-2014).
The table below shows the proportion of DFID bilateral aid spent on water, sanitation and hygiene for the last 5 years for which data are available.
2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | |
Water and Sanitation Expenditure (£ million) | 106 | 112 | 142 | 130 | 163 |
Proportion of Total DFID Bilateral Programme | 2.7% | 2.6% | 3.4% | 3.1% | 3.0% |
When DFID or other UK government departments provide core contributions in support of multilateral organisations, we do not break down by sector. However, there are a number of multilateral organisations that are focussed on water and sanitation. Details of the contributions from DFID to each multilateral organisation can be found at Table A8, online at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-2014.