Jon Trickett
Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office), Shadow Lord President of the Council
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the procurement spend of her Department was in each year since 2010.
Rory Stewart
The Minister of State, Department for International Development
DFID spend each year since 2010 through organisations that have a contract with the department is shown below.
Year | Spend |
2010/11 | £0.54bn |
2011/12 | £0.67bn |
2012/13 | £0.73bn |
2013/14 | £1.02bn |
2014/15 | £1.24bn |
2015/16 | £1.34bn |
DFID’s use of contractors is an operationally important part of the department’s delivery strategy, enabling DFID to respond quickly and efficiently to crises and reach those in need in some of the most dangerous parts of the world.
Contractors help deliver projects on the ground such as treatment centres to defeat Ebola in Sierra Leone, life-saving aid to Syrian refugees, and shelter to people who have lost their homes as a result of natural disasters.
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