§ Mr. StreeterTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what percentage of the aid budget was channelled through charities with an annual turnover of less than £1 million in each of the last three years. [106438]
§ Clare ShortWe provided a total of £167 million through 233 UK charities in the financial year 1996–97, a total of £172 million through 223 UK charities in 1997–98, and a total of £182 million through 209 UK charities in 1998–99.
Full details of DFID's expenditure appear in "Statistics on International Development", a copy of which is in the Library of the House.
Information on disbursement to charities with an annual turnover of less than £1 million is not held centrally.