Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many covid-19 vaccines of the pledged 100 million have been donated as of 23 February 2022.
Answered by Amanda Milling - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
As of 23 February 2022, the UK has donated over 33 million doses. 31.5 million doses have been delivered to countries in need, of which 26 million have been delivered via COVAX and 5.5 million doses donated directly. A further 2.1 million doses have been received by COVAX and will shortly be allocated and shipped in line with COVAX's fair allocation model. Doses donated through COVAX arrive with COVAX direct from the manufacturer, with the same shelf-life as they would have if delivered to the UK for domestic use.
Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish (a) her Department's plans for accounting for future covid-19 vaccine donations (i) as a part of Official Development Assistance (ODA) spending and (ii) in addition to ODA spending and (b) the cost of each dose.
Answered by Amanda Milling - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The UK is currently considering the guidance provided by the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC) for reporting the value of donations of COVID-19 vaccines in 2021 in Official Development Assistance (ODA). We are actively engaging with the OECD's DAC Secretariat on the reporting of the valuing Covid-19 vaccines in ODA in 2021.
The 2021 Spending Review fully covers the cost of vaccine donations to meet the Prime Minister's commitment on donating 100 million surplus doses by June 2022 as part of the G7 dose-sharing commitments to vaccinate the world by 2022.
Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to account for the cost of covid-19 vaccine donations at their original purchase cost.
Answered by Amanda Milling - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The UK is currently considering the guidance provided by the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC) for reporting the value of donations of COVID-19 vaccines in 2021 in Official Development Assistance (ODA). We are actively engaging with the OECD's DAC Secretariat on the reporting of the valuing Covid-19 vaccines in ODA in 2021.
The 2021 Spending Review fully covers the cost of vaccine donations to meet the Prime Minister's commitment on donating 100 million surplus doses by June 2022 as part of the G7 dose-sharing commitments to vaccinate the world by 2022.
Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what cost her Department has accounted each donated vaccine dose as in (a) July 2021, (b) August 2021, (c) September 2021, (d) October 2021, (e) November 2021, (f) December 2021 and (g) January 2022.
Answered by Amanda Milling - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The UK is currently considering the guidance provided by the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC) for reporting the value of donations of COVID-19 vaccines in 2021 in Official Development Assistance (ODA). We are actively engaging with the OECD's DAC Secretariat on the reporting of the valuing Covid-19 vaccines in ODA in 2021.
The 2021 Spending Review fully covers the cost of vaccine donations to meet the Prime Minister's commitment on donating 100 million surplus doses by June 2022 as part of the G7 dose-sharing commitments to vaccinate the world by 2022.
Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to including covid-19 vaccine donations on top of the 0.5% Official Development Assistance contribution for future years.
Answered by Amanda Milling - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Secretariat has now provided guidance for reporting the value of donations of excess COVID-19 vaccine doses in Official Development Assistance (ODA) for 2021 only. We will continue to engage as the DAC Secretariat review their methodology for the value of donations in 2022.
The 2021 Spending Review fully covers the cost of vaccine donations to meet the Prime Minister's commitment on donating 100 million surplus doses by June 2022 as part of the G7 dose-sharing commitments to vaccinate the world by 2022.
Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish her Department's negotiating position on the price of covid-19 vaccine donations during (a) DAC and (b) OECD discussions.
Answered by Amanda Milling - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The UK is currently considering guidance from the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) together with our other commitments and obligations. We are actively engaging with the OECD's DAC Secretariat on valuing Covid-19 vaccines in Official Development Assistance in 2021. The DAC Secretariat will review their methodology for donations in 2022. As discussions continue we will not comment on our negotiating position at this time.
Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the role of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria in achieving the Government’s target to end the preventable deaths of mothers, new born babies and children by 2030.
Answered by Amanda Milling - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The UK launched the Ending Preventable Deaths of mothers, babies and children approach paper in December 2021. The Global Fund has an important role in addressing HIV, TB and malaria which are significant causes of mortality and morbidity in women and children. Our Ending Preventable Deaths paper recognises the important contribution of the Global Fund and outlines ways we will engage further with our multilateral partners to ensure a strong, integrated approach that will support the entire health system and primary healthcare. The UK pledged £1.4 billion in the Global Fund's 6th replenishment (2020-2022), making us the 2nd largest donor. We look forward to reviewing the investment case of the Global Fund's 7th replenishment which will underpin the targets and resources needed to achieve the Global Fund's 2023-3028 strategy.
Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish in full the former Secretary of State for International Development's Ministerial diary for 20 May 2020.
Answered by James Cleverly - Home Secretary
Ministers regularly meet with departmental officials and external stakeholders. Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published quarterly and can be found on GOV.UK.
Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish in full her predecessor's Ministerial diary for 20 May 2020.
Answered by James Cleverly - Home Secretary
Ministers regularly meet with departmental officials and external stakeholders. Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published quarterly and can be found on GOV.UK
Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate she has made of the total of UK payments to the International Climate Fund; and whether that level of payments meets the commitments made by the UK at the Copenhagen COP in 2009.
Answered by Vicky Ford
Securing the collective developed country commitment to provide $100 billion per year in climate finance to developing countries, first made in Copenhagen in 2009, has been a core focus of the UK's COP26 Presidency. Under the UK's Presidency, 95 per cent of the largest developed country climate finance providers made new, forward-looking commitments, with many doubling or even quadrupling their support for developing countries to take climate action. These pledges mean that the $100 billion finance goal will be met by developed countries by 2023 at the latest, and it is now likely that $500bn will be mobilised over the period 2021-25. This means more money for developing countries to decarbonise and adapt to the impacts of climate change. Further information can be found here: https://ukcop26.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Climate-Finance-Delivery-Plan-1.pdf
The UK has led by example with our International Climate Finance (ICF). We provided £9.8 billion ICF between April 2011 and March 2021, and are committed to providing a further £11.6 billion between 2021/22 and 2025/26 (a doubling of our ICF spend in the previous five years), with an extra £1 billion in 2025 if the economy grows as forecast.