Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department has committed to spend on (a) the Commonwealth Development Corporation, (b) the Global Fund, (c) European Union international development spending, (d) the GAVI Alliance, (e) Official Development Assistance (ODA)-eligible in-country refugee costs, (f) ODA-eligible climate changed related work, in 2021-22.
The Foreign Secretary has set out seven core priorities for the UK's aid budget in the overarching pursuit of poverty reduction: climate and biodiversity; COVID-19 and global health security; girls' education; science and research; defending open societies and resolving conflict; humanitarian assistance; and promoting trade and economic growth. We are working through our internal business planning process which will allocate the ODA budget across these priorities and geographies.
No decisions have yet been made on budget allocations for 2021/22.