Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an estimate of the value quantified in pounds sterling of the (a) economic, (b) humanitarian and (c) military support (i) sent and (ii) committed to Ukraine in 2022; and whether existing projects have had their funding reduced to facilitate aid to Ukraine from the existing foreign aid budget.
On 7 March the Prime Minister announced new funding for Ukraine, bringing the total UK support during the current Ukraine crisis to £395 million. This includes £220 million of humanitarian aid and £100 million of Overseas Development Assistance. The £395 million also includes £75 million for the Ukrainian government budget to mitigate financial pressures created by Putin's unprovoked and illegal invasion.
We provided a package of military support, including defensive weapons and body armour. We have trained 22,000 members of the Ukrainian armed forces since 2015, provided 2,000 anti-tank defensive missiles and provided £1.7 billion of financial support to develop Ukraine's naval capability.