HC Deb 23 October 2003 vol 411 cc689-90W
Mr. Connarty

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much the top 10 Department for International Development performers receive in direct budget support; and what percentage of that in his Department's budget was spent in those countries in the past 12 months. [133096]

Hilary Benn

DFID does not rank partner countries by performance. However, for the 10 largest recipients of bilateral assistance, the table lists total allocations and allocations of direct budget support (DBS) in 2002–03. As the table shows, allocations of DBS to the 10 largest recipients represent 58 per cent. of total DBS allocations and 7 per cent. of the total DFID bilateral programme.

2002–03 Total spend (£ million) Direct budget support (DBS) (£ million) Percentage DBS of total DFID programme Percentage DBS of total DFID DBS
India 161 30 2 14
Tanzania 96 45 2 21
Bangladesh 77 0 0 0
Afghanistan 75 13 1 6
Ghana 56 12 1 6
Uganda 55 23 1 11
Malawi 52 0 0 0
Kenya 45 0 0 0
Ethiopia 43 0 0 0
China 42 0 0 0