Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many vaccines has the UK donated to low and middle income countries to date.

The UK champions vaccine access for all countries through our support for COVAX. The UK was one of the earliest and largest donors to COVAX, contributing £548 million to the COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC). Our early funding gave the COVAX AMC the purchase power to secure deals with manufacturers to supply internationally approved vaccines for up to 92 low and middle-income countries. So far, COVAX has helped deliver over 1.16 billion doses to 145 participants.

As of 31 March 2022, the UK has delivered over 51.6 million COVID-19 vaccine doses either to COVAX for allocation and distribution in line with their fair allocation model or directly to recipient countries on a bilateral basis. An additional 16.7 million doses have been committed to COVAX, to be delivered in the near future direct from the manufacturers. Future decisions on vaccine donations continue to depend on supply chain reliability, Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advice and the ability of countries to absorb and deploy vaccines.