Chi Onwurah – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2016-02-22.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department’s spending was allocated to (a) Nigerian state organisations, (b) non-governmental organisations and (c) the private sector in the last three years for which figures are available.

Mr Nick Hurd

No UK aid goes directly through Nigerian government systems. Our bilateral aid is delivered through commercial service providers (private sector), international organisations and non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

The table below provides a breakdown of our payments over financial years 2012-13 to 2014-15.