To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what percentage of her Department's budget is provided to other countries in the form of (a) budget support, (b) aid given with governance conditionality, (c) professional expertise and (d) specific project funding.

DFID uses a range of ways to deliver bilateral aid. It is delivered through non-governmental organisations and multilateral agencies in the recipient country, in the form of technical assistance, as humanitarian aid, and as financial aid (including budget support) to partner governments.

A full list of project categories and expenditure against these types of spending is available for 2011-12 from the following table:

http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Documents/publications1/sid2012/Table20-broad%20sector.xls

In 2011-12, the Department delivered approximately 13% of DFID's total bilateral aid (or 7% of total aid) in the form of budget support. This compares to 20% of DFID's bilateral aid in 2008-09 (or 11% of total aid).

A further 13% of DFID's total bilateral aid (7% of total aid) was delivered in the form of technical assistance. This compares to 16% of DFID's bilateral aid in 2008-09 (or 9% of total aid).