Speeches

Gareth Thomas – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gareth Thomas on 2015-11-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department plans to spend through multilateral development banks in the next three years; how much her Department spent through such banks in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

Mr Desmond Swayne

The table below shows DFID’s spend on core contributions to multilateral development banks in the last five financial years.

(£ Thousands)

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

1,128,200

1,295,600

1,280,100

1,473,100

1,689,200

Spending plans for the next five years will be determined following the outcome of the Spending Review allocation to DFID and the subsequent business planning exercise.