Sierra Leone
(asked on 23rd January 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on health projects in Sierra Leone in each year since 2005-06.
The Department for International Development has spent the following amounts on bilateral health projects in Sierra Leone since 2005-06:
2005-06 | £1.7m | |
2006-07 | £1.8m | |
2007-08 | £3m | |
2008-09 | £5.5m | |
2009-10 | £10.9m | |
Total 2005/06 - 2009/10 | £22.9m | |
2010-11 | £22m | |
2011-12 | £11.6m | |
2012-13 | £15.9m | |
2013-14 | £14.3m | |
Total 2010/11 - 2013/14 | £63.8m |
The 2010-11 figures include one-off start-up costs for the launch (in April 2010) and rollout of the Free Health Care Initiative in Sierra Leone.
These figures do not include the substantial health support delivered via multilateral bodies such as Gavi and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (GF). These funds disbursed US$38.9m (Gavi) and US$148.5m (GF) to Sierra Leone over 2005-2014. The UK has provided significant funding to both of these organisations and most recently pledged up to £1bn to the GF over 2014-2016 period and £1bn to Gavi for 2016–20.
Disbursements to Sierra Leone by fund by programme calendar year (US$) | GAVI | GF |
2005 | 140,300 | 6,365,300 |
2006 | 521,000 | 6,993,100 |
2007 | 2,941,800 | 4,367,700 |
2008 | 3,996,700 | 14,372,100 |
2009 | 3,359,400 | 11,224,600 |
2010 | 6,039,400 | 17,843,600 |
2011 | 3,919,900 | 24,077,500 |
2012 | 5,228,200 | 14,932,200 |
2013 | 6,475,800 | 17,309,700 |
2014 | 6,247,400 | 31,062,600 |
Total 2005-2014 disbursements |
US$38.9m |
US$148.5m |