Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent in India in each year since 2005-06.
Figures on Overseas Development Assistance to India can be viewed in the Statistics on International Development: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development/about/statistics .
The table below details bilateral spend DFID disbursed to India from 2005/06 to 2013/14.
Year | £ thousand |
2005-06 | £252,755 |
2006-07 | £233,853 |
2007-08 | £275,402 |
2008-09 | £297,028 |
2009-10 | £295,119 |
2010-11 | £278,936 |
2011-12 | £284,359 |
2012-13 | £196,405 |
2013-14 | £176,834 |
In 2012, DFID announced that it would end our traditional financial grant aid to India in 2015. From this year on, our partnership will be based on sharing skills and expertise, investing in private sector projects that benefit the poor, and working together on global development issues.