Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding from the public purse the UK Government has contributed to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in each of the last ten years.
The UK is a strong supporter of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, having given £585 million in funding over the last 10 years and a total of £1.37 billion since 1995. Specifically, funding for each of the last 10 years has been:
2011/12 - £65 million
2012/13 - £40 million
2013/14 - £110 million
2014/15 - £50 million
2015/16 - £65 million
2016/17 - £39 million
2017/18 - £63 million
2018/19 - £50 million
2019/20 - £33 million
2020/21 - £70 million