Information between 13th December 2025 - 12th January 2026
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5 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bates voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 149 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 168 Noes - 178 |
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5 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bates voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 101 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 132 Noes - 124 |
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5 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bates voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 138 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 194 Noes - 130 |
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5 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bates voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 148 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 210 Noes - 131 |
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5 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bates voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 82 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 131 Noes - 127 |
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6 Jan 2026 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bates voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 122 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 134 Noes - 185 |
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6 Jan 2026 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bates voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 163 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 180 Noes - 219 |
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6 Jan 2026 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bates voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 157 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 182 Noes - 209 |
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6 Jan 2026 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bates voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 126 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 204 Noes - 136 |
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UN High Commissioner for Refugees: Finance
Asked by: Lord Bates (Conservative - Life peer) Wednesday 17th December 2025 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask His Majesty's Government how much they contributed to the UN Refugee Agency in (1) 2023, (2) 2024, and (3) 2025; and how much they plan to contribute in 2026. Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development) The table below shows UK funding provided to the World Health Organisation in the years 2023 and 2024, and Official Development Assistance (ODA) provided in those same years to support: (a) the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); (b) the United Nations Children's Fund; (c) Water Supply and Sanitation programmes; and (d) Humanitarian Aid.
Figures for 2025 and 2026 will be published in the normal way in due course. |
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UNICEF: Finance
Asked by: Lord Bates (Conservative - Life peer) Wednesday 17th December 2025 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask His Majesty's Government how much they contributed to the United Nations Children’s Fund in (1) 2023, (2) 2024, and (3) 2025; and how much they plan to contribute in 2026. Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development) The table below shows UK funding provided to the World Health Organisation in the years 2023 and 2024, and Official Development Assistance (ODA) provided in those same years to support: (a) the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); (b) the United Nations Children's Fund; (c) Water Supply and Sanitation programmes; and (d) Humanitarian Aid.
Figures for 2025 and 2026 will be published in the normal way in due course. |
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World Health Organization: Finance
Asked by: Lord Bates (Conservative - Life peer) Wednesday 17th December 2025 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask His Majesty's Government how much they contributed to the World Health Organization in (1) 2023, (2) 2024, and (3) 2025; and how much they plan to contribute in 2026. Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development) The table below shows UK funding provided to the World Health Organisation in the years 2023 and 2024, and Official Development Assistance (ODA) provided in those same years to support: (a) the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); (b) the United Nations Children's Fund; (c) Water Supply and Sanitation programmes; and (d) Humanitarian Aid.
Figures for 2025 and 2026 will be published in the normal way in due course. |
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Development Aid
Asked by: Lord Bates (Conservative - Life peer) Wednesday 17th December 2025 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask His Majesty's Government what is the cash total of official development assistance provided in each year from 2020 to 2025; and how much they plan to provide in each of 2026 and 2027. Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development) The table shows Official Development Assistance (ODA) provided by the UK (2020 to 2024).
Source: Statistics on International Development: Final UK ODA spend 2024 Provisional figures for 2025 will be published in Spring 2026 and final figures will be published in Autumn 2026. Figures for 2026 will be published in 2027. |
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Development Aid: Water
Asked by: Lord Bates (Conservative - Life peer) Wednesday 17th December 2025 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask His Majesty's Government how much official development assistance they contributed to water, sanitation and hygiene projects in (1) 2023, (2) 2024, and (3) 2025; and how much they plan to contribute in 2026. Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development) The table below shows UK funding provided to the World Health Organisation in the years 2023 and 2024, and Official Development Assistance (ODA) provided in those same years to support: (a) the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); (b) the United Nations Children's Fund; (c) Water Supply and Sanitation programmes; and (d) Humanitarian Aid.
Figures for 2025 and 2026 will be published in the normal way in due course. |
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Development Aid
Asked by: Lord Bates (Conservative - Life peer) Wednesday 17th December 2025 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of the official development assistance budget was committed to humanitarian aid in (1) 2023, (2) 2024, and (3) 2025; and what proportion they plan to commit in 2026. Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development) The table below shows UK funding provided to the World Health Organisation in the years 2023 and 2024, and Official Development Assistance (ODA) provided in those same years to support: (a) the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); (b) the United Nations Children's Fund; (c) Water Supply and Sanitation programmes; and (d) Humanitarian Aid.
Figures for 2025 and 2026 will be published in the normal way in due course. |
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Development Aid
Asked by: Lord Bates (Conservative - Life peer) Monday 5th January 2026 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the humanitarian impact of (1) actual and (2) planned reductions in Official Development Assistance. Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development) I refer the Noble Lord to the answer provided on 8 December in response to Question HL12253. |
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Sudan: Humanitarian Aid
Asked by: Lord Bates (Conservative - Life peer) Friday 9th January 2026 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask His Majesty's Government how much they contributed in humanitarian assistance to Sudan in (1) 2023, (2) 2024, and (3) 2025; and how much they plan to contribute to Sudan in 2026. Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development) Data on Official Development Assistance (ODA) spend for 2023 and 2024 is published in Statistics on International Development (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-final-uk-oda-spend-2024), including breakdowns by country, sector, and type of aid. Table 1 below shows UK ODA funding provided to Sudan through bilateral humanitarian assistance in 2023 and 2024. Table 2 shows ODA spent in the UK in the same years. Figures for 2025 and 2026 will be published in the usual way in due course. Table 1. Humanitarian ODA to Sudan, 2023 and 2024
Source: Statistics on International Development: Final UK ODA spend 2024 Table 2. ODA Spent in the UK, 2023 and 2024
Note 1. In-donor expenditure includes an estimate of the ODA-eligible part of FCDO's and other departments' administration costs, refugees living in the UK spend, raising development awareness and costs of UK experts and UK scholarships. Source: Statistics on International Development: Final UK ODA spend 2024. |
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Development Aid
Asked by: Lord Bates (Conservative - Life peer) Friday 9th January 2026 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of UK Official Development Assistance was spent in the UK in (1) 2023, (2) 2024, and (3) 2025. Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development) Data on Official Development Assistance (ODA) spend for 2023 and 2024 is published in Statistics on International Development (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-final-uk-oda-spend-2024), including breakdowns by country, sector, and type of aid. Table 1 below shows UK ODA funding provided to Sudan through bilateral humanitarian assistance in 2023 and 2024. Table 2 shows ODA spent in the UK in the same years. Figures for 2025 and 2026 will be published in the usual way in due course. Table 1. Humanitarian ODA to Sudan, 2023 and 2024
Source: Statistics on International Development: Final UK ODA spend 2024 Table 2. ODA Spent in the UK, 2023 and 2024
Note 1. In-donor expenditure includes an estimate of the ODA-eligible part of FCDO's and other departments' administration costs, refugees living in the UK spend, raising development awareness and costs of UK experts and UK scholarships. Source: Statistics on International Development: Final UK ODA spend 2024. |