Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid the UK has given to Yemen since 1 January 2012; and what comparative assessment she has made of the level of such spending in other EU countries.
The UK Government has provided over £172 million in bilateral aid to Yemen since January 2012. DFID does not hold data for the amount spent in this period for other European donors. However, the latest pledge and disbursement data collated by the Government of Yemen for the period April 2012 to December 2013 is shown below. The period to which the UK's pledge applies to extends to March 2015.
Donor | Pledged (million USD) | Disbursed (million USD) |
European Commission | 215.4 | 119.75 |
Denmark | 30 | 15 |
France | 88.1 | 3.1 |
Germany | 157.6 | 55.4 |
Italy | 45 | 0 |
Netherlands | 100 | 50.28 |
Spain | 1.5 | 1.5 |
Sweden | 46.9 | 40.9 |
United Kingdom | 311 | 200.7 |