Coronavirus: Vaccination

(asked on 23rd February 2022) - View Source

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 Portrait
Amanda Milling
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
This question was answered on 2nd March 2022

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.

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