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1726885

	registered interest
	date	27/08/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on increasing spending on international development to 0.7% of GDP in the next spending review.
	tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes Central
	tabling member printed	Emily Darlington
	uin	900218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to restoring ODA spending at the level of 0.7 percent of GNI as soon as fiscal circumstances allow. The Government is currently undertaking a Spending Review and will set out its approach to the House in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bristol North West answering member printed Darren Jones question first answered 03/09/2024 16:16:40 answering member 4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones
	tabling member	5139

1724054

	registered interest
	date	29/07/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the funding required to restore aid spending to 0.7% of GDP.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Southall
	tabling member printed	Deirdre Costigan
	uin	2167
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to restoring ODA spending at the level of 0.7 per cent of GNI as soon as fiscal circumstances allow. The Government will set out its approach to the House in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bristol North West answering member printed Darren Jones question first answered 03/09/2024 16:38:06 answering member 4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones
	tabling member	5075

1723577

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to spend 0.7% of Gross National Income on Official Development Assistance.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	1702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to restoring ODA spending at the level of 0.7 per cent of GNI as soon as fiscal circumstances allow. The Government will set out its approach to the House in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bristol North West answering member printed Darren Jones question first answered 02/08/2024 08:07:44 answering member 4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1723578

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will restore the parameters for spending of overseas development aid to its previous criteria.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	1703
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>Official Development Assistance (ODA) is an international standard used to measure aid flows to developing countries. Spend classified as ODA must meet the definition and rules that are set and governed by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC). All UK ODA spending is classified according to the ODA rules set by the OECD's Development Assistance Committee. This Government is committed to restoring ODA spending at the level of 0.7 per cent of GNI as soon as fiscal circumstances allow. The Government will set out its approach to the House in due course.</p> answering member constituency Oxford East answering member printed Anneliese Dodds question first answered 02/08/2024 07:56:39 answering member 4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1723266

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2024 to Question 210, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the fiscal circumstances within which the level of the Official Development Assistance budget will be raised to 0.7% of gross national income.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Wyre
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	1508
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2024 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary and Chancellor regularly discuss a wide range of issues. This Government is committed to restoring ODA spending at the level of 0.7 per cent of GNI as soon as fiscal circumstances allow and will set out its approach to the House in due course.</p> answering member constituency Oxford East answering member printed Anneliese Dodds question first answered 01/08/2024 11:02:35 answering member 4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1722288

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will take steps to restore the level of funding allocated to international development and aid projects to 0.7% of GDP.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
	tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
	uin	824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to restoring ODA spending at the level of 0.7 per cent of GNI as soon as fiscal circumstances allow. The Government will set out its approach to the House in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bristol North West answering member printed Darren Jones question first answered 26/07/2024 14:20:48 answering member 4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones
	tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1721495

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will restore the Official Development Assistance budget to 0.7% of gross national income.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to restoring ODA spending at the level of 0.7 per cent of GNI as soon as fiscal circumstances allow. The Government will set out its approach to the House in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bristol North West answering member printed Darren Jones question first answered 22/07/2024 16:18:03 answering member 4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1719579

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what steps his Department is taking to improve the transparency of aid.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	27346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>Aid Transparency remains a high priority for my department. The FCDO has returned to monthly publication of aid programme data and documents, following global best practice. Furthermore, we have delivered our ambitious Open Government Partnership National Action Plan 5 commitments and a new plan for the current year has been co-created with Civil Society. Additionally, ICAI's recent follow-up to their Review into Aid Transparency judges that adequate progress has been made against each of their four recommendations. FCDO also advocates for greater transparency in the aid spending of other donors, recently attending the 2024 International Aid Transparency Initiative's Members' Assembly.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 24/05/2024 08:25:32 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1718008

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what funding his Department provided for (a) core, (b) non-core and (c) other funding for (i) the UN Population Fund, (ii) the World Health Organisation, (iii) the UN International Children's Emergency Fund, (iv) the Joint UN Programme on HIV and AIDS, (v) the International Planned Parenthood Federation, (vi) Women and Children First UK, (vii) the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria and (viii) the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women in (A) 2021, (B) 2022 and (C) 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	26104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>The table below details the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's contributions to (i) the UN Population Fund, (ii) the World Health Organisation, (iii) the UN International Children's Emergency Fund, (iv) the Joint UN Programme on HIV and AIDS, (v) the International Planned Parenthood Federation, , (vi) the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and (vii) the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women in (A) 2021, (B) 2022. Official figures for spend in 2023 have not yet been published.</p><p>Funding for 'Women and Children First' ceased in 2016.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Type</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UN Population Fund</p></td><td><p>Core</p></td><td><p>8,000,000</p></td><td><p>8,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Non-core</p></td><td><p>57,320,000</p></td><td><p>97,510,000</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The World Health Organisation</p></td><td><p>Core</p></td><td><p>97,600,000</p></td><td><p>97,750,000</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Non-core</p></td><td><p>35,530,000</p></td><td><p>43,650,000</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The UN International Children's Emergency Fund</p></td><td><p>Core</p></td><td><p>24,000,000</p></td><td><p>8,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Non-core</p></td><td><p>201,540,000</p></td><td><p>202,170,000</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Joint UN Programme on HIV and AIDS</p></td><td><p>Core</p></td><td><p>2,500,000</p></td><td><p>8,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Non-core</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The International Planned Parenthood Federation</p></td><td><p>Core</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Non-core</p></td><td><p>42,530,000</p></td><td><p>22,230,000</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria</p></td><td><p>Core</p></td><td><p>380,000,000</p></td><td><p>434,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Non-core</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women</p></td><td><p>Core</p></td><td><p>5,750,000</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Non-core</p></td><td><p>3,430,000</p></td><td><p>4,700,000</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note:</p><ul><li><p>The 2021 and 2022 figures are drawn from FCDO's Statistics on International Development (SID) reports. 2023 SID figures will be released in Autumn 2024.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>The UK's membership fee (Assessed contributions) for WHO is paid by Department for Health and Social care.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 22/05/2024 13:47:37 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1702183

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent progress his Department has made to meet the pledge in the policy paper entitled UK government's strategy for international development, published on 16 May 2022, to spend £3 billion of official development assistance on humanitarian assistance over three years.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	22545
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>As set out in my [the Deputy Foreign Secretary's] 30 March 2023 Written Ministerial Statement (https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-03-30/HCWS705), we continue to work towards our spending targets where funding allows, including on humanitarian. The White Paper on International Development commits us to spending £1 billion on humanitarian need in 2024-25.</p><p>The UK's humanitarian spending figures for three years will not be available until after the end of 2024-25.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell grouped question UIN 22546 question first answered 02/05/2024 13:23:33 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy