Asked by: Lord Redwood (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much additional aid for Ukraine she plans to allocate from the Official Development Assistance budget.
Answered by Amanda Milling
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.Asked by: Lord Redwood (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether it is the Government's policy that the supply of free covid-19 vaccines to qualifying countries will be counted as part of UK aid contributions at the cost valuation of provision.
Answered by Wendy Morton - Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Donations of the UK's surpluses to developing countries will be classified as Official Development Assistance (ODA), in line with the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) rules on ODA. There are ongoing discussions at the OECD DAC about how donors should value the donation of vaccine doses.