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William Morrison-Bates |
Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 8EA
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31 July 2009 |
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Dear Mr Morrison-Bates
Freedom of Information Request F2009-158
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request dated 12 July. You asked for the exact amount (in GBP) that was made payable to the Nation of Afghanistan in foreign aid during 2008.
Please note that we have interpreted your question as meaning all UK Government spending on international development in Afghanistan.
While DFID
is responsible for most of this spending, we also draw together and publish information from other UK government departments and agencies involved. We do this on the basis of financial rather than calendar years and as we are still gathering this information for 2008-09 we cannot answer your precise question. I have, however, set out some relevant information for 2007-08 in the following table.
Full details for 2008-09 will be published in our annual statistical report called `Statistics on International Development' which will be available our website (www.dfid.gov.uk) in the autumn.
Type of aid |
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UK Bilateral Gross Public Expenditure (GPEX) (2007/2008)
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£ 146,818,000
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This is UK aid from all official sources (i.e. government departments and public bodies), which is provided to Afghanistan on a country to country basis. It is channelled though the government of Afghanistan, civil society organisations, the private sector and others. As well as aid money, it includes humanitarian assistance (eg food aid, shelter, medical care in emergencies) and technical assistance (eg experts, training, research). |
UK Share of Multilateral Aid (2007/2008) |
£ 34,460,000
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This is UK aid which reaches people in Afghanistan through international organisations such as the European Union, the World Bank and the United Nations. |
You can also find more information about DFID's work and the UK aid programme in Afghanistan through the following link to our website:
If you are interested in DFID's future plans for assistance to Afghanistan you can find a copy of the recently published Afghanistan country plan on
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me quoting reference number F2009-158
If you are unhappy with the service we have provided and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision, you should write to Openness Unit at the above address or e-mail [email address]
If you do make a complaint and are not content with the outcome, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the Information Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted DFID's complaints procedure. You can contact the Information Commissioner at: the following address:
The Information Commissioner's Office,
Wycliffe House,
Water Lane,
Wilmslow,
Cheshire
SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely
Maureen McWhirter
Openness Unit
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