§ Mr. StreeterTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list the 10 organisations which receive the greatest amounts of her Department's budget allocated to non-Governmental organisations. [60457]
§ Clare ShortInformation on DFID expenditure through UK NGOs in the current financial year is not yet available. Information on expenditure in 1997–98 is currently being collated and will be available later this year.
In 1996–97, the ten UK NGOs in receipt of the largest amounts of funding from DFID were:
NGO £ million Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) 22.0 British Red Cross 15.9 Save the Children Fund 13.7 Care International UK 11.5 Oxfam 10.2 International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) 8.2 Christian Aid 6.1 Medical Research Council 4.0 London School of Hygiene 3.6 Marie Stopes International (MSI) 3.2 This information is based on the direct funding of UK NGO initiatives and on expenditure channelled through UK NGOs for development activities undertaken on behalf of DFID.
Information on spending through overseas NGOs is not held separately, but is included in DFID's bilateral country programme expenditure.