HC Deb 03 February 1999 vol 324 cc641-2W
Mr. Streeter

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) if she will list the 10 UK based non-governmental organisations which received the greatest amounts of money from her Department in the year 1997–98; [68085]

(2) what percentage of her Department's budget was paid to United Kingdom non-governmental organisations in 1997–98. [68068]

Clare Short

The Department for International Development expenditure through UK NGOs was £172,336 million in 1997–98. This was 16.5 per cent. of the total Bilateral Programme or 8.4 per cent. of the total DFID programme for 1997–98.

I attach a list of the 10 NGOs who received the greatest amounts of money in 1997–98.

DFID expenditure through UK NGOs 1997–98
£000
1. British Red Cross Society 23,351
2. Voluntary Services Overseas 20,274
3. Save the Children Fund 18,037
4. CARE International UK 12,348
5. OXFAM 10,498
6. Christian Aid 8,488
7. International Planned Parenthood Federation 6,017
8. London School of Hygiene 4,287
9. Medical Research Council 3,702
10. Marie Stopes International 3,103

Note:

Organisations registered as a charity with the Charity Commission in England or the Inland Revenue in Scotland, excluding the British Council which is a public body.