Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead on 2015-10-29.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the proportion of aid funding which is channelled to large international agencies compared to that channelled to local non-governmental organisations.
Baroness Verma
UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) channelled through non-governmental organisations is set out in the table below. DFID is currently conducting the Civil Society Partnership Review, which is considering future funding arrangements.
2014 data will be published on the DFID website as National Statistics on Thursday 3rd December 2015.
Channel Code Description |
2013 ODA (£ millions) |
% of Total UK ODA |
NGO (where country base is undefined) |
£150,895 |
1% |
Internationally-based (non-UK) NGO* |
£362,696 |
3% |
UK-based NGO* |
£662,307 |
6% |
Developing country-based NGO |
£178,313 |
2% |
*Many international and UK-based NGOs have significant local developing country footprints.