Development Aid

(asked on 30th November 2020) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding classified as Official Development Assistance will remain to be transferred after 31 December 2020 to the (a) the Multi-annual Financial Framework, (b) European Investment Bank, (c) European Central Bank, (d) Facility for Refugees in Turkey, (e) EU Trust Funds, (f) European Development Fund via the (i) Grant Facility and (ii) Investment Facility and (g) other EU managed or administered funds or instruments, by the financial year of those future transfers.


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Wendy Morton Portrait
Wendy Morton
This question was answered on 3rd December 2020

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.

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