Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to improve water and sanitation systems in developing countries.

DFID funds water and sanitation improvements in developing countries. In 2018, the last year for which spend data is published, DFID spent £204 million on water and sanitation bilaterally. In the same year, the UK also spent approximately?£275 million?on water and sanitation through multilateral organisations. DFID funding has led to over?51?million people gaining access to improved drinking water or a toilet since 2015.?This builds on our success in helping over 64 million gain access to water and sanitation services between 2011 and 2015.