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date	25/11/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	EU Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the value of United Kingdom overseas aid administered by the European Union in 2013; and what they expect the figure to be in 2014.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL3164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>In 2013, the UK share of official development assistance funded from the EU budget was £813 million. UK’s contribution to the European Development Fund (EDF), a Member States voluntary fund not financed from the EU budget but also administered by the Commission, was £407 million. Estimates for the UK share of official development assistance funded from the EU budget in 2014 will be published in April 2015 as part of the provisional ODA:GNI statistics publication for 2014. The UK’s contribution to the EDF in 2014 is currently estimated to be £328 million.</p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 04/12/2014 14:52:34 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

105802

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	European Union
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the total cost of contributions paid by the United Kingdom to European Union programmes falling outside the European Union budget in the years 2010–13 inclusive; what is the estimated total for 2014; and how those contributions are financed.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL2611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The UK has contributed £1,587 million to the European Development Fund 2010-2013 inclusive. The estimated total for 2014 is £326 million, subject to exchange rates. The contributions are financed from the DFID budget.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 17/11/2014 17:24:51 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

105805

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the latest figure of the annual average percentage of gross domestic product paid by contributing countries in official development assistance; and what would be the cost to the United Kingdom if it used that average in assessing its own aid programme.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL2613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) is reported by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Development Assistance Committee (OECD DAC) through its donor states as a proportion of Gross National Income (GNI). DFID calculates ODA disbursements to measure its stated goal of achieving 0.7% during 2013 and in order that international comparisons can be made with other DAC donor states.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The average ODA to GNI ratio for 2013 for all DAC donor states is 0.397%. The UK GNI for 2013 (using the ESA95 unadjusted for (Eurostat) reservations methodology) was £1,622,166m. If the average percentage were applied, the UK contribution would be £6,437m.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 11/11/2014 16:26:23 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon