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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...
Vicky Ford: The UK pledged $224 million towards the COP26 Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Forest Tenure Rights Pledge. The total $1.7 billion pledged by the 22 participating public and private donors is not being paid into a joint fund. Each donor decides how their contribution is spent in accordance with the commitments made in the pledge statement. The UK Government's contribution to the...
Vicky Ford: Based on the 2023 Word Bank Classification of Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations (FCAS), 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/ At least 1.07% of UK bilateral ODA was allocated to SRHR in FCAS in 2019. b/ At least 0.91% of UK...
Vicky Ford: Based on the "Statistics on International Development: final UK aid spend 2020", and the Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) spend methodology laid out in the "Donor Delivering for SRHR" report: a/ The total amount of UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) SRHR funding disbursed by bilateral aid was: £439 million in 2018, £515 million in 2019, and £372 million in 2020. b/ The total...
Gillian Keegan: ...is in dire need of help, with 300,000 people forecast to be in famine by October if assistance is not provided immediately. On 21 September at the UN General Assembly, the Minister for Development, Vicky Ford MP, announced a £22.8 million package of assistance for Somalia to alleviate the impact of drought and address the risk of famine. This brings the UK's total support to Somalia since...
Vicky Ford: The UK is proud to be the Global Fund's third largest donor historically, investing over £4.4 billion since 2002. I [Minister Ford] spoke at the pledging event about the UK's continued strong commitment to the Global Fund and our intention to make a pledge in the coming weeks. We will make a Written Ministerial Statement to Parliament before we make an announcement.
Vicky Ford: The UK is proud to be the Global Fund's third largest donor historically, investing over £4.4 billion since 2002. At the seventh replenishment pledging conference the UK committed to remain a strong supporter of the Global Fund. We plan to announce our pledge in the coming weeks.
Vicky Ford: Details of Official Development Assistance (ODA) contributions to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) from 2018 to 2020 are published by calendar year in the "Statistics on International Development (SID): final UK aid spend 2020 - Data underlying the SID publication" annex table under "Channel of delivery" here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-inter...
Vicky Ford: The Global Fund is a high-performing organisation that, with partners, has saved 50 million lives to date. The Global Fund has contributed to a reduction in the mortality of AIDS, TB and malaria by over half since 2002 and plays a key role in ending the preventable deaths of the three diseases. The UK is a co-founder of the Global Fund and its third-largest donor historically, investing over...
Vicky Ford: The UK takes its responsibility towards countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and advanced conventional military technology seriously. The Academic Technology Approval Scheme is a thorough, necessary and proportionate tool to protect UK research from misappropriation and divergence to military programmes of concern. While we are aware of some delays in granting approvals...
Vicky Ford: Our aid in Pakistan is allocated to UK strategic priorities, which include global health security; girls' education; climate change; human rights and freedom of religious belief. We work to ensure that UK aid in Pakistan is focused on the most vulnerable, while achieving the maximum impact. The FCDO maintains an online Development Tracker tool, which contains information about specific...
Vicky Ford: The FCDO's Annual Report and Accounts for 2021-22 was published on 19 July 2022. Planned FCDO programme allocations for 2022-23 were not included. As a result of the government's response to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and wider ODA pressures including the ODA-eligible expenditure incurred through the Afghan resettlement programme and the UK's support to people fleeing Ukraine, the original...
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Division number 59 See full list of votes (From The Public Whip)Aye Rushanara Ali Tahir Ali Fleur Anderson Paula Barker Margaret Beckett Apsana Begum Hilary Benn Clive Betts Mhairi Black Ian Blackford Kirsty Blackman Olivia Blake Paul Blomfield Steven Bonnar Ben Bradshaw Deidre Brock Alan Brown Lyn Brown Nick Brown Chris Bryant Richard Burgon Ian Byrne Lisa Cameron Alan Campbell Dan Carden...
Vicky Ford: The FCDO tackles food insecurity and supports food systems through interventions in low-income countries shaped by our Agriculture Development Policy. These are reflected in the International Development Strategy's commitments on sustainable agriculture and food systems. Over 15 programmes in Africa and Asia aim to improve income and productivity of smallholder farmers through better access...
Vicky Ford: FCDO is committed to protecting vulnerable children around the world through our policy leadership and programme work. For example, the UK is a leading donor to Education Cannot Wait, and through our £90 million commitment (2019-2023) we have supported almost 7 million crisis-affected children with education and protection support. In November 2021, the UK announced £18 million funding for...