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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

1718009

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	Bilateral Aid: HIV Infection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will publish details of his Department's bilateral expenditure that has directly targeted tackling HIV and AIDS in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	26105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The UK remains a significant funder in the HIV response. In (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022 total bilateral expenditure for HIV and AIDS was (i) £5,831,984 and (ii) £10,035,256 respectively. Of this total Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office bilateral spend was (i) £4,548,553 and (ii) £9,916,750 for 2021 and 2022 respectively. This includes our funding to the Clinton Health Access Initiative to further improve access to essential HIV medicines and our funding to the Robert Carr Fund to support initiatives with grassroots organisations, including key populations, as part of the global HIV response.</p><p>Figures for 2023 are not yet available. They will be published in Autumn 2024.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 17/05/2024 13:22:19 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1718010

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: Genito-urinary Medicine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will publish a list of his Department's expenditure directly targeting reproductive health under input sector codes (a) 13010, (b) 13021/22, (c) 13030 and (d) 13081 in (i) 2021, (ii) 2022 and (iii) 2023.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	26106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) annually reports on Official Development Assistance (ODA) expenditure via the Statistics on International Development publications (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-international-development) and are reported in line with OECD Development and Assistance Committee sector codes.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FCDO spend (in £)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>a. 13010 -Population policy and administrative management</p></td><td><p>6,745,320</p></td><td><p>3,776,415</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>b. 13020 - Reproductive health care</p></td><td><p>55,139,054</p></td><td><p>91,620,458</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>c. 13030 - Family Planning</p></td><td><p>128,880,416</p></td><td><p>112,049,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>d. 13081 - Personnel development for population and reproductive health</p></td><td><p>3,161,605</p></td><td><p>4,121,363</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Please note &quot;13020&quot; is the official OECD DAC code for both &quot;13021&quot; and &quot;13022&quot;. These codes were defined and solely used by the former Department for International Development. They did not exist in the former Foreign and Commonwealth Office spend data and would not provide a complete picture for the FCDO.</p><p>Data for 2023 is not available yet.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 24/05/2024 08:35:09 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1718011

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: Genito-urinary Medicine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, how much and what proportion of total Government official development assistance was allocated to sexual and reproductive health and rights in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	26107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) annually reports on Official Development Assistance (ODA) expenditure via the Statistics on International Development publications (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-international-development). We report spend in line with OECD Development and Assistance Committee sector codes and do not readily hold spend on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), which can span across the OECD sector codes.</p><p>However, based on FCDO &quot;Statistics on International Development: final UK aid spend 2022&quot;, and the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) spend methodology laid out in the Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung (DSW) led &quot;Donor Delivering for SRHR&quot; (https://donorsdelivering.report/all-editions/) we estimate the amount of UK ODA SRHR funding disbursed was £534 million or 4.68 per cent of the total Government official development assistance in 2021.</p><p>Please note these figures are not adjusted for inflation and thus are not directly comparable with the ones from the Donor Delivering for SRHR report.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 24/05/2024 08:23:45 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1690448

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
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	Developing Countries: Genito-urinary Medicine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to his announcement of £16 million funding for integrated Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and climate resilience on 8 December 2023, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that that funding is used by the Global Financing Facility for its intended purpose.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	14830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>At COP28, the UK reaffirmed its commitment of £80 million to the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF) from 2025 to 2030. For the first time, the UK identified support for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights as International Climate Finance.</p><p>£20 million of this new phase of support to the GFF will help countries identify and address the impacts of climate change to reproductive, maternal and child health. We are working with the GFF on developing their new climate and health strategy and will report annually against the UK's International Climate Finance Framework.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 23/02/2024 08:40:41 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1671742

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
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	South Asia: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to help support free and fair elections in South Asia.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	2839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2023 answer text <p>India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Maldives are all expected to hold elections at different levels in 2024. Elections in Nepal are expected in 2027. The UK believes transparent, democratic governance is in the interests of all people and the long-term stability of every nation. We raise the importance of free and fair elections in our discussions with South Asian governments, and with opposition parties and others. We press for an end to harassment and intimidation of civil society, media and opposition parties. Ministers and HMG officials visiting the region, regularly convey that respect for the rule of law and access to justice are essential in open democracies.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 29/11/2023 16:10:59 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1671743

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
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	Tuberculosis: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to help (a) the WHO and (b) international counterparts end tuberculosis by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	2840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK supports the WHO's End TB strategy, including through our £340 million investment in the WHO (2020-2024). The UK contributed actively to the agreement of the political declaration at this year's High Level Meeting on Tuberculosis (TB) at the UN General Assembly, where the UK was represented by Lord Ahmad. We pledged £1 billion to the 7th replenishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria which will provide TB treatment and care to more than 1 million people. We also support work to bring down the prices of key TB products, tackle barriers to access, and test out innovative approaches to delivering TB diagnosis and treatment. Support includes funding to the TB Reach Initiative and the TB Alliance Product Development Partnership.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 27/11/2023 10:00:25 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1670705

registered interest
date	16/11/2023
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: Genito-urinary Medicine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the Answer of 19 October 2023 to Question 202276 on Development Aid: Genito-urinary Medicine, if he will publish updated data on (a) (i) bilateral, (ii) multilateral and (iii) total spending on Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) and (b) what that spending is as a proportion of Official Development Assistance in line with the methodology set out in the Donors Delivering for SRHR report 2023 in (A) 2019, (B) 2020 and (C) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	2293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>Based on FCDO &quot;Statistics on International Development: final UK aid spend 2022&quot;, and the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) spend methodology laid out in the Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung (DSW) led &quot;Donor Delivering for SRHR&quot; 2023 report:</p><p>(i) The total amount of UK ODA SRHR funding disbursed by bilateral aid was £546 million in 2019, £401 million in 2020, £256 million in 2021.</p><p>(ii) The total amount of UK ODA SRHR funding disbursed by multilateral aid was £202 million in 2019, £329 million in 2020, £279 million in 2021.</p><p>(iii) The total amount of UK ODA SRHR funding disbursed was £748 million in 2019, £730 million in 2020 and £534 million in 2021.</p><p>The total proportion of ODA spend in line with the methodology set out in the Donors Delivering for SRHR report 2023 is as follows:</p><p>(a) 4.93% in 2019</p><p>(b) 5.04% in 2020</p><p>(c) 4.68% in 2021</p><p>Please note these figures are not adjusted for inflation and thus are not directly comparable with the ones from the Donor Delivering for SRHR report.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 21/11/2023 08:14:23 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1670245

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
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	Tuberculosis: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, , with reference to the World Health Organisation's 2023 Global Tuberculosis report, what steps the Government is taking to help reduce the cost of treatment for people with tuberculosis globally.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	2121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK is committed to ending the Tuberculosis (TB) epidemic. Through our £1 billion funding to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's seventh replenishment, the UK will help to provide treatment and care for more than one million people with tuberculosis. In addition we also fund catalytic interventions through Unitaid, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) and MedAccess to bring down the prices of new TB products and tackle barriers to widespread access. We also provide funding to TB Reach to support innovative projects towards finding missing Tuberculosis cases.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 20/11/2023 14:26:06 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1669853

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
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	Tuberculosis: Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the World Health Organisation's 2023 Global Tuberculosis report, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the number of people diagnosed with tuberculosis globally.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	1855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK is committed to ending the Tuberculosis (TB) epidemic. Through our £1 billion funding to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's seventh replenishment, the UK will help to provide treatment and care for more than one million people with tuberculosis. In addition we also fund catalytic interventions through Unitaid, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) and MedAccess to bring down the prices of new TB products and tackle barriers to widespread access. We also provide funding to TB Reach to support innovative projects towards finding missing Tuberculosis cases.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell grouped question UIN 1856 question first answered 20/11/2023 14:26:57 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma