Lord Bruce of Bennachie – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Bruce of Bennachie on 2016-09-14.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the annual contribution in Official Development Assistance provided by the UK to India in the last year for which figures are available.

Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Total UK Official Development Assistance to India appears in the official statistics on International Development. The latest available figures are for 2014 when the total UK ODA Bilateral spent in India was £279,060,026. Official ODA statistics for 2015 will be available in November.

DFID financial aid to India ceased in December 2015. As of 2016 DFID has committed to spend £30 million through technical assistance and £40 million through returnable capital investment.