To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much UK overseas development aid was (a) committed and (b) disbursed (i) in total and (ii) under the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Assistance Committee creditor reporting system (A) agricultural codes (31110 to 31195), (B) basic nutrition (12240), (C) food aid/food security (52010) and (D) emergency food aid (72040) codes in 2007. (241201)

The Department for International Development’s (DFID) total bilateral programme in 2007-08 was £2,962 million. Details on the amount of DFID’s bilateral expenditure provided in support of each sector in 2007-08 are shown in the following table.

The data in the table do not include support to these sectors delivered through General Budget Support and core contributions to multilateral organisations, civil society organisations and general humanitarian funds, such as the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund.