HC Deb 19 July 2004 vol 424 cc4-5W
Clare Short

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much and what percentage of the UK aid budget was committed to EU development spending in each year since 1990. [184772]

Hilary Benn

The following table provides the information from financial year 1990–91 to 2002–03, the latest year for which figures are available.

Percentage of UK aid budget to the European Commission (EC)
£ million
European Commission EC percentage of total DFID programme
1990–91 317 19
1991–92 413 21
1992–93 464 22
1993–94 516 23

Percentage of UK aid budget to the European Commission (EC)
£ million
European Commission EC percentage of total DFID programme
1994–95 599 26
1995–96 677 30
1996–97 620 29
1997–98 543 26
1998–99 735 31
1999–2000 739 29
2000–01 700 25
2001–02 724 25
2002–03 851 26
Source:
Statistics on International Development. Prepared by: SRSG 14/07/04.

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