Coronavirus: Vaccination

(asked on 18th June 2021) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether it is the Government's policy that the supply of free covid-19 vaccines to qualifying countries will be counted as part of UK aid contributions at the cost valuation of provision.


Answered by
Wendy Morton Portrait
Wendy Morton
This question was answered on 25th June 2021

Donations of the UK's surpluses to developing countries will be classified as Official Development Assistance (ODA), in line with the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) rules on ODA. There are ongoing discussions at the OECD DAC about how donors should value the donation of vaccine doses.

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