Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the commitment to restore Official Development Assistance funding to projects supporting women and girls, whether a proportion of those additional resources will contribute to the UK's pledge for the Global Fund's seventh replenishment.

As set out in the International Development Strategy, providing women and girls with the freedom they need to succeed is a priority for the UK. Our investment in the Global Fund includes support for women and girls, for example to address HIV infections in adolescent girls and young women in areas where women are girls are more than twice as likely to acquire HIV than their male peers. This work is funded from our contribution to the Global Fund which is classified as multilateral aid.