HC Deb 12 February 2004 vol 417 c1575W
Mr. Sheerman

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his Department's total annual budget was in each year since 1997. [154264]

Hilary Benn

In line with changes to Government accounting systems, DFID moved from a cash based budget to a resource based budget in 2001–02. The figures for all years are as listed.

DFID Budget
Total (£ million)
Cash budget
1997–98 1,870
1998–99 1,999
1999–2000 2,217
2000–01 2,363
Resource Budget
2001–02 2,573
2002–03 3,024
2003–04 3,699
2004–05 3,809
2005–06 4,556