International Development written question – answered at on 3 March 2010.
David Curry
Conservative, Skipton and Ripon
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much funding his Department (a) allocated and (b) disbursed for (i) agriculture and (ii) food security through (A) bilateral expenditure, (B) multilateral contributions and (C) research in each of the last five years; and how much it intends to disburse in each such case in each of the next three years.
Michael Foster
Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for International Development
Details of funds disbursed by the Department for International Development (DFID) for agriculture and food security in each of the last five financial years are provided in the following table. DFID does not record funds allocated but not disbursed. These figures do not include spending on emergency humanitarian food aid.
| 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
| Bilateral | |||||
| Agriculture (incl. Fisheries) | 72 | 55 | 74 | 52 | 64 |
| Agriculture and RNR Research | 36 | 33 | 26 | 27 | 33 |
| Food Aid and Food Security | 16 | 18 | 19 | 36 | 51 |
| Rural Development | 9 | 26 | 25 | 49 | 56 |
| Rural Roads | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Total Bilateral | 133 | 132 | 145 | 164 | 214 |
| Multilateral | |||||
| Agriculture (incl. Fisheries) | 42 | 38 | 109 | 95 | 124 |
| Agriculture (incl. Fisheries) Research | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Food Security | 26 | 31 | 27 | 19 | 14 |
| Rural Development | 25 | 20 | 29 | 19 | 22 |
| Total Multilateral | 98 | 93 | 166 | 138 | 161 |
| Total DFID Expenditure Ag and FS | 231 | 225 | 312 | 301 | 375 |
| Basic Nutrition | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| Total DFID Expenditure Ag and FS (inc. Nutrition) | 232 | 226 | 314 | 311 | 388 |
The UK Government have committed to spend £1.1 billion on agriculture and food security between 2009-10 and 2011-12. This commitment does not include spending on basic nutrition or emergency humanitarian food aid.
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