§ Mr. WoodTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much overseas aid the UK has provided to assist relief efforts following natural disasters in each of the last five years. [189487]
§ Hilary BennDFID does not keep statistics distinguishing between humanitarian aid provided for natural disasters and humanitarian aid in other contexts centrally; this information could not be obtained without incurring a disproportionate cost. DFID's total humanitarian assistance in the last five years was as follows:
Humanitarian assistance Total (£ million) 1999–2000 314 2000–01 297 2001–02 288 2002–03 374 2003–041 381 1Provisional. These figures include UK contributions to European Community Humanitarian programmes and UK contributions to UN humanitarian agencies.