Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Dehenna Davison and Karen Buck

Wednesday 10th June 2020 Commons Chamber

[Dehenna Davison (Bishop Auckland) (Con)]

What steps her Department has taken to support UK charities in their response to the covid-19 pandemic in developing countries.

[Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North) (Lab)]

What support she is providing to international NGOs based in the UK to help those organisations respond to the covid-19 pandemic.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (Wendy Morton)]

Charities and non-governmental organisations are crucial partners for DFID and play a critical role in ensuring UK aid reaches the most vulnerable. We have used schemes such as our rapid response facility to send £45 million of special funding to them. We want them to deliver some of the rest of the UK’s £764 million coronavirus response. Where our charity partners are struggling, we have introduced a special procedure to make sure they remain our partners for the long term.