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EU: Overseas Aid

Volume 687: debated on Tuesday 19 December 2006

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Lord Tebbit

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is the United Kingdom's share of the expenditure of the European Union on overseas aid. [HL799]

The Lord President of the Council
(Baroness Amos)

The latest figures available are for 2005, in which the United Kingdom's share of the EC budget was 17.20 per cent. This accounts for £1,173 million of the external actions budget, of which £814 million can be classed as overseas aid. For the European Development Fund (EDF 9) the United Kingdom currently contributes 12.69 per cent, accounting for £234 million in 2005. Therefore the United Kingdom's total contribution to overseas aid via the European Union in 2005 was £1,048 million.