Ministry of Defence: Overseas Aid
(asked on 25th January 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much money spent by his Department has been counted as UK aid spending; and what programmes that money has been allocated to within his Department.
The Ministry of Defence has an annual Official Developmental Assistance target of £5 million, of which approximately £6.12 million was spent in the calendar year of 2017 – a breakdown by programme is below. 2018 figures are currently undergoing a regular assurance process and will be published in April 2019.
Programme | £ million* |
Defence Education Programmes | £3.74 |
Britjish Forces Cyprus: Refugee Camp | £0.63 |
UK Hydrographic Office Charting Support | £0.86 |
Locally Employed Civilian Training: Afghanistan | £0.86 |
Royal Navy: Disaster Relief Training | Less than £0.05 |
'Askari Serpent': Local Vaccination Programmes | £0.10 |
*Figures rounded to 2 decimal places.