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Vicky Ford: With respect to UK remittances that flow internationally, FCDO does not collect or report this data globally. The best proxy is the World Bank Group's remittance data which is published annually and available online https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/migrationremittancesdiasp oraissues/brief/migration-remittances-data and captures flows through formal banking systems.
Vicky Ford: The allegations that surfaced around Oxfam in the DRC are serious. It is right that is given careful consideration. The FCDO will make a decision shortly regarding whether to allow Oxfam to bid for HMG funding.
Vicky Ford: Under the UK's COP Presidency 95% of the largest developed country climate finance providers made new, forward-looking climate finance commitments. The $100 billion Delivery Plan projects that the $100 billion finance goal will be met by developed countries by 2023 at the latest, with over $500 billion mobilised over the 5-year period 2021-25. In addition, at COP26 there was significant...
Vicky Ford: Under the UK's COP Presidency 95% of the largest developed country climate finance providers made new, forward-looking climate finance commitments. The $100 billion Delivery Plan projects that the $100 billion finance goal will be met by developed countries by 2023 at the latest, with over $500 billion mobilised over the 5-year period 2021-25. In addition, at COP26 there was significant...
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Vicky Ford: Due to the UK's significant support to the people seeking sanctuary in the UK from conflict in Ukraine and Afghanistan, the FCDO was not able to publish forward programme allocations in our Annual Report as the original allocations not be accurate. We remain committed to transparency and will provide updates to Parliament on spending plans in due course. A final estimate of UK ODA, the...
Vicky Ford: The UK continues to monitor the impact that COVID-19 has had on efforts against malaria, with last year's World Malaria Report recording the first significant increase in malaria deaths in over two decades - up by 69,000 - and a 14 million increase in the number of malaria cases. The majority of our malaria investments are through the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The...
Vicky Ford: The Global Fund takes a country-led approach, consistent with the approach to patient development set out in the International Development Strategy. They are the main multilateral grant funder of health systems investing $1 billion annually, strategically aligned with our Health Systems Strengthening position paper. Their new strategy sets out an ambitious role in continuing the...
Vicky Ford: The Global Fund's new strategy places a high priority on women and girls; 60 percent of the Global Fund's spending is specifically targeted on programmes for women and girls and about one-third of Global Fund investments directly benefits Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). Our investments in the Global Fund have been critical for delivering our manifesto commitment to end the...
Vicky Ford: At the seventh replenishment pledging conference the UK committed to remain a strong supporter of the Global Fund. We look forward to announcing the UK's pledge to the Global Fund's seventh replenishment in the coming weeks.
Vicky Ford: The UK published our approach paper on Ending the Preventable Deaths of Mothers, Babies and children and Health Systems Strengthening Position Paper in December 2021. Together these lay out the UK's approach to improving maternal and child health through the four pillars of strengthening health systems, improving inequality, tackling the wider determinants of health, and research and...
Vicky Ford: No publication date has been fixed yet, but the FCDO will publish a new Women and Girls Strategy soon. This will build on the International Development Strategy and outline how the FCDO will use the full range of levers at its disposal (including foreign, development, and security) to deliver on the 3Es (Educating girls, Empowering women and girls, and Ending violence against women and...
Vicky Ford: The UK is proud to be a co-founding member and leading donor to Education Cannot Wait (ECW). Given the UK Government's response to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, wider Official Development Assistance (ODA) pressures including the ODA-eligible expenditure incurred through the Afghan resettlement programme and the UK's support to people fleeing Ukraine, the FCDO and other ODA spending...
Vicky Ford: In 2020, FCDO used bilateral and bilateral through multilateral aid grants (excluding debt reorganisation) to disburse Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights aid to fragile and conflict-affected states. This included: · Contributions to single-donor funding mechanisms and contributions earmarked for a specific funding window or geographical location · Contributions to specific-purpose...
Vicky Ford: Details of FCDO Official Development Assistance (ODA) is published by calendar year, UK extending agency and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) sector code in the "Statistics on International Development: final UK aid spend" annex tables here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-inte...
Vicky Ford: This financial year 2022/23, the UK intends to provide approximately £156 million in humanitarian aid across East Africa. The £14 million announced on 19 August for World Humanitarian Day forms part of this total. On 21 September at UNGA, the Minister for Development announced £22.8 million to Somalia to respond to the drought, bringing the UK financial year total for Somalia to £53...
Vicky Ford: The Government remains committed to transparency and will provide updates to Parliament on spending plans in due course. A final estimate of UK Official Development Assistance (ODA), the ODA:Gross National Income ratio and more detailed breakdowns of UK ODA is published annually in Statistics on International Development publications.
Vicky Ford: The table below details the UK bilateral international climate finance (ICF) support to Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and South Sudan by year since 2017/18. In addition, the UK provides ICF through multilateral funds such as the Green Climate Fund and the Global Environment Facility and other initiatives through which these countries benefit. Details of all Official Development Assistance...
Vicky Ford: Based on the "Statistics on International Development: final UK aid spend 2020", and the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) spend methodology laid out in the "Donor Delivering for SRHR" report: a/ 4.16% of total UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) was allocated to SRHR in 2019. b/ 2.57% of UK bilateral ODA was allocated to SRHR in 2020. Note, this percentage excludes...