The amount of bilateral assistance provided to Yemen by the Department for International Development (DFID) is reported in ““Statistics on International Development””, which is available in the Library of the House and on DFID's website.For the financial year 2010-11, total DFID bilateral programme expenditure was £51.1 million. For this financial year, 2011-12, bilateral programme spend to date is nearly £23 million, with significant further expenditure planned before the end of the financial year. A significant deterioration in security in Yemen during 2011 slowed DFID's programme delivery and led to an increased focus on the provision of humanitarian assistance. Unlike other donors we decided not to suspend our programme. We hope that political transition progresses well and that we are able to scale up our programme in 2012-13.