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The Department for International Development has transferred £28.8 million to the Ministry of Defence. Approximately half of this figure covered the deployment of RFA Argus and three Merlin helicopters.<\/p>

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The remainder has funded the construction and operation of six Ebola Treatments Centres and three laboratories, supported the establishment of the Ebola Training Academy, as well as strengthening national and district level capacity to deal with the Ebola crisis.<\/p>

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DFID expenditure on Consultancy in the financial years 2009/10 to 2013/14 is provided in the table below:<\/p>

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Year<\/p><\/td>

Consultancy Spending £<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2009-10<\/p><\/td>

19.1m<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010-11<\/p><\/td>

1.4m<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011-12<\/p><\/td>

0.7m<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012-13<\/p><\/td>

0.2m<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013-14<\/p><\/td>

0.2m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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No individual contracts with consultants have been worth more than £5 million.<\/p>

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DFID provides funds to the Pitcairn Islands in the form of budget aid. In 2013/14 the breakdown of how this was allocated was:<\/p>

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Shipping service £1,330,000<\/p>

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Child safeguarding £500, 000<\/p>

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The remaining £980,000 was spent on maintaining the island\u2019s basic services as well as the costs associated with the running of Pitcairn Islands Office (PIO) in Auckland, New Zealand.<\/p>

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Assessments of the status of fisheries and their sustainability, including coastal fisheries in developing countries, are undertaken by national authorities and compiled periodically into regional assessments by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation.<\/p>

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DFID has provided support both bilaterally and through international organisations to strengthen the governance of fisheries in developing countries. This has included efforts to tackle illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing in West Africa.<\/p>

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This information is not available in the form requested.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1555", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Justine Greening"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Putney"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Justine Greening"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-01-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-01-12T17:50:23.393Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "20"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "International Development"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "International Development"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-01-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Overseas Aid"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2015 to Question 219268, if she will list expenditure on each project of more than £5 million from her Department's Economic Development Strategy.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1579", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mary Creagh"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Wakefield"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mary Creagh"} ], "uin" : "220016"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172592", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Development"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172592/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The UK has pledged up to £720m to the Green Climate Fund, which will come from both DFID and DECC budgets. The level and nature of each Department\u2019s contribution remains subject to Ministerial approval.<\/p>

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The only income DFID has received from developing countries is in relation to interest on sovereign debt, which is transferred to HM Treasury once received in line with HM Treasury Guidance. DFID has not received any income from financial investments in the past five years.<\/p>

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UK contributions to the Green Climate Fund will come from within the existing budget of the International Climate Fund in the current spending review period.<\/p>

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The proportion of the Department for International Development\u2019s expenditure that was capital and non-capital in each of the last five years is set out in the table below.<\/p>

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Year <\/strong><\/td>% capital <\/strong><\/td>% non capital <\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
2009/10<\/td>19%<\/td>81%<\/td><\/tr>
2010/11<\/td>20%<\/td>80%<\/td><\/tr>
2011/12<\/td>21%<\/td>79%<\/td><\/tr>
2012/13<\/td>21%<\/td>79%<\/td><\/tr>
2013/14<\/td>19%<\/td>81%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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Countries experiencing instability or conflict are a key driver of migration worldwide and DFID remains on track to meet the UK\u2019s target of spending 30% of the UK\u2019s official development assistance in fragile and conflict-affected states in 2015.<\/p>

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