Overseas Aid
(asked on 22nd July 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of the Department for International Development budget in the last two financial years was allocated to (1) British non-governmental aid organisations, and (2) indigenous non-governmental aid organisations directly assisted in-country by the Department; and how much was similarly allocated by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Ministry of Defence.
Information on all UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) is only available on a calendar year basis.
The percentage of total DFID and FCO Bilateral ODA disbursed through UK based non-governmental organisations (NGO’s) for 2012 and 2013, the last years for which figures are available.
Year | % Total DFID ODA | % Total FCO ODA |
2012 | 8% | 3% |
2013 | 10% | 3% |
The percentage of total DFID and FCO Bilateral ODA disbursed through developing-country based NGO’s for 2012 and 2013.
Year | % Total DFID ODA | % Total FCO ODA |
2012 | 2% | 2% |
2013 | 3% | 1% |
The Ministry of Defence did not disburse ODA to non-governmental organisations during 2012 or 2013.