The Department for International Development (DFID) does not hold figures on the proportion of international aid requested from the UK by overseas countries that was paid in each year between 1997 and 2007.
However, the following was given by the UK in official development aid (ODA) in each year since 1997.
£ millions ODA 1997 2,096 1998 2,332 1999 2,118 2000 2,974 2001 3,170 2002 3,285 2003 3,834 2004 4,313 2005 5,925 2006 6,770 2007 (provisional) 4,957 Total 1997 to 2007 41,774