Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much UK Official Development Assistance has been directed to India in each of the last five years; through what channels such assistance was directed; in which states it was directed; and how many staff worked at the Department for International Development in New Delhi in each of those years.

Our bilateral aid programme with India ended in 2015. The UK has forged a new development partnership with India that delivers benefits for both countries and our joint role in the world. Britain’s new cooperation with India aims to foster inclusive growth, create new investment opportunities, develop markets and stimulate mutual prosperity. Under this new UK-India development partnership, our ODA funds the sharing of expertise and the investment of development capital, the returns on which are available for reinvestment. This helps develop markets, trade, investment, technology and partnership opportunities for British as well as Indian companies and organisations.

The following net Official Development Assistance (ODA) has been directed to India from various UK government departments and agencies in the five years 2012-2016. Figures for 2017 will be released in November. Data on the provision of assistance to each state is not available.

This ODA has been directed through a number of channels, which are set out in the attached table.

The following data shows staff in DFID working in India. There are a number of regional teams within these figures.

These teams are based in India but do not work on India specific work, such as a regional IT and HR team. The figures are for total staff, not headcount. Where one person has left and been replaced by another within a year, this is classed as two people. Figures for 2018 are for January to September. Figures for 2013 and previous years are not available.