Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on nutrition projects in each year since 2005-06.
Details of the total expenditure on health are published in Statistics on International Development (SID) which is available in the House Library or online at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development/about/statistics. DFID’s reporting of aid flows is in line with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) rules. DFID started reporting against a specific family planning code in 2008/09. Details of DFID’s spending on multi-sectoral programmes which deliver nutrition results are published in http://devinit.org/report/dfids-aid-spending-nutrition-2010-2012/. Figures for direct bilateral spend on health, nutrition, family planning, education and water & sanitation are reproduced below:
Total DFID Bilateral Programme (£ million) | 2005/06 | 2006/07 | 2007/08 | 2008/09 | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 |
Health | 498 | 548 | 602 | 734 | 750 | 877 | 978 | 1008 | 1239 |
of which: Nutrition | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 24 | 38 | 49 | 64 |
Family planning | 8 | 15 | 31 | 44 | 110 | 127 | |||
Education | 323 | 385 | 364 | 455 | 398 | 563 | 628 | 517 | 791 |
Water & Sanitation | 48 | 60 | 72 | 90 | 107 | 114 | 144 | 132 | 166 |
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 multilaterals organisations that are focussed on Health, Education and Water & Sanitation. Details of the contributions from DFID to each multilateral organisation can be found online.