UNESCO
(asked on 3rd November 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of the financial support that the Government has provided to UNESCO and any of its subsidiary agencies or national committees has been counted towards the 0.7 per cent of GNI ODA target in each of the last five years.
Of the UK Government’s financial support to UNESCO, contributions which count towards ODA over each of the last five years are outlined in the following table:
UK Financial Year | Total UK government financial support to UNESCO (£) | ODA year | Total UK government financial support to UNESCO of which counted towards 0.7% ODA spend (£) |
2011/12 | 29,709,448 | 2011 | 8,689,250 |
2012/13 | 11,298,791 | 2012 | 17,094,203 |
2013/14 | 13,248,821 | 2013 | 7,729,373 |
2014/15 | 13,379,400 | 2014 | 7,813,414 |
2015/16 | 10,502,053 | 2015 | 6,060,535 |
According to OECD DAC rules, 60% of funding to UNESCO can be counted as ODA. ODA is assessed on a calendar year basis, therefore UNESCO funding which is counted as ODA may differ significantly to annual contributions depending on the date of disbursement. The non-ODA remainder of UNESCO’s budget funds activities which benefit the UK.