In total, DFID spent £179 million on bilateral knowledge and research programmes in 2005-06. This represented 4.1 per cent. of total DFID expenditure. A summary breakdown was published in Statistics on International Development 2001/02-2005/06 and the figures are reproduced in the following table.
Sector £000 Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 27,143 Engineering 35,730 Health 44,915 Economic and Social 48,959 Education 7,638 Other 15,043 Total Knowledge and Research 179,428
In total, DFID spent £252 million on consultancy in 2005-06. This represented 5.7 per cent. of total DFID expenditure. A summary breakdown is shown in the following table. The majority is consultancy to deliver parts of our development programme (as published in Statistics for International Development), where the services are usually provided to third parties such as recipient governments. These are funded through programme costs. The rest is consultancy to DFID as an organisation and is funded from its administrative budget. The table excludes low value contracts issued by DFID Departments and overseas offices of which there are no consolidated records held centrally.
£000 Total consultancy funded through development programmes 225,248 Of which: Africa Division 98,336 Asia and Pacific Division 56,830 Europe, Middle East and Americas Division 54,524 Policy Division 15,556 Consultancy for services to DFID 26,426 Total consultancy 251,673