Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office written question – answered at on 27 March 2023.
Laurence Robertson
Conservative, Tewkesbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much aid his Department has provided to Ethiopia in each of the last five years.
Andrew Mitchell
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development), Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development and Africa)
The official source of data on UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) is Statistics on International Development. The table below shows (in £ thousands) FCDO's and Other Government Departments/other contributors' net bilateral ODA provided for the benefit of Ethiopia from 2017-2021 (the latest year for which data has been published). The UK also spends ODA in the form of unearmarked contributions to multilateral organisations and there is bilateral spend to programmes which benefit multiple countries or regions. Some of this may benefit Ethiopia but it is not possible to provide a specific breakdown.
Table 1: Volume of FCDO and other Government departments' net bilateral ODA provided for the benefit of Ethiopia (2017-2021)
Thousands (£) | |||||
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office | 322,686 | 297,628 | 295,505 | 249,478 | 118,049 |
Other Government Departments/ other contributors | 3,445 | 3,713 | 3,741 | 4,409 | 1,741 |
Total UK Net ODA | 326,131 | 301,341 | 299,246 | 253,887 | 119,790 |
Source: Statistics for International Development https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-international-development
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