Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the UK’s financial obligations to the EU are, after 31 December 2020, in relation to transfers of funding classified as Official Development Assistance, by financial year.

In the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK committed to contribute its share of the current EU Multi-Annual Financial Framework 2014-2020 - including Heading IV ODA, and the off-budget European Development Fund (EDF), the Facility for Refugees in Turkey (FRIT) and the EU Trust Fund for Africa.

The EDF contributions include the UK's share of the EDF 11 (grants) and allocations to the European Investment Bank's investment facility through its external mandate (outside EU).

The actual total spend of the UK ODA commitment to the Heading IV and the EDF will be calculated, audited and officially reported on once those programmes are implemented and finalised and the total UK commitments fulfilled. The annual spend will depend on the speed of implementation for the EU led programming as well as overall exchange rate fluctuations.