Developing Countries: Corruption
(asked on 8th May 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the Department for International Development's (DfID) budget was spent on anti-corruption support for developing countries in (1) 2015–16, (2) 2016–17, (3) 2017–18; and what are those figures as a proportion of DfID's total budget for each of those years.
The amount and proportion of Official Development Assistance spent by DFID on anti-corruption1 activities in calendar years 2015 and 2016 are given in the table below:
Table – DFID Net ODA on anti-corruption activities1
| 2015 | 2016 | |||
| £m | % of total DFID ODA | £m | % of total DFID ODA | |
Total DFID Net ODA on anti-corruption activities | 654 | 6.7% | 570 | 5.8% | |
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Bilateral | 444 | 4.5% | 379 | 3.8% | |
Multilateral | 210 | 2.1% | 191 | 1.9% | |
Total DFID Net ODA | 9,772 | 100.0% | 9,871 | 100.0% | |
- Anti-corruption activities cover support to anti-corruption organisations and institutions, public finance management, public sector policy and management, tax and administrative support, mining policy and administrative management, and sub-national government.
In line with the international definitions, ODA is collected on a calendar year basis. The table reflects the latest published data and figures for 2017 UK ODA spending will be published in autumn 2018.