Overseas Aid
International Development
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the total value of support provided to charities through the Aid Match scheme was in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in the last year for which figures are available.
Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)
The information requested is as follows:
(a) £29,971,539 has been committed under UK Aid Match, to eight completed appeals, since the scheme was launched in June 2011.
The breakdown by nation, based on the location of charity Head Offices, is as follows:
(b) Scotland: £0
(c) England: £29,071,539
(d) Wales: £0
(e) Northern Ireland: £900,000.
