Department for International Development
Former department of the UK Government
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| 2022 | UK's official development assistance increased to USD 15.7 billion, representing 0.51% of gross national income. |
| September 2 2020 | DFID was officially dissolved, marking the end of its independent operation as a government department. |
| September 1 2020 | DFID officially merged with Foreign Office to form the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. |
| June 2020 | Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the merger of DFID with the Foreign Office to create the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. |
| February 13 2020 | Anne-Marie Trevelyan assumed office as the Secretary of State for International Development. |
| January 2018 | Matthew Rycroft assumed office as the final permanent secretary of the Department for International Development (DFID). |
| 2017 | DFID terminated £5.2m support for Yegna, an all-girl Ethiopian acting and pop group nicknamed 'Ethiopia's Spice Girls', due to concerns about the programme's effectiveness and value for money. |
| 2016 | DFID faced legal action by whistleblower Sean McLaughlin regarding funding misappropriation in Montserrat. |
| 2015 | Deadline for the United Nations' eight Millennium Development Goals, which the department actively worked to support, including objectives like reducing poverty, improving education, promoting gender equality, and combating diseases. |
| November 2015 | DFID released a new policy document titled 'UK aid: tackling global challenges in the national interest'. |
| April 1 2015 | Conflict, Stability and Security Fund created, with £823 million transferred from DFID budget to the fund, raising concerns about aid being used for defense and foreign policy objectives. |
| February 2015 | DFID ended financial support for a controversial development project in Ethiopia, which was alleged to have helped fund a brutal resettlement programme that forcibly displaced four million people from their lands to sell to foreign investors. |
| June 2013 | Announced DFID's total programme budget would increase to £10.3 billion in 2014/15 and £11.1 billion in 2015/16 to meet the government's commitment to spend 0.7% of gross national income on official development assistance. |
| November 2012 | DFID introduced the Research Open and Enhanced Access Policy, ensuring all new DFID-funded research would be made accessible. International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell announced this policy to facilitate research findings reaching those in developing world who could practically benefit from them. |
| 2011 | Government criticized for increasing the aid budget while other departments were being cut. The budget for 2011-12 was £6.7 billion, including £1.4 billion of capital. |
| January 2011 | DFID joined the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). |
| 2010 | The incoming coalition government promised to reduce back-office costs to 2% of the budget and improve transparency by publishing more on their website. |
| 2010 | DFID was criticized for spending £15 million in the UK and £1.85 million on the Papal visit of Pope Benedict. The incoming coalition government promised to reduce back-office costs to 2% of the budget and improve transparency. |
| 2010 | The Development Assistance Committee described DFID as 'an international development leader in times of global crisis'. |
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