Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much official development assistance was provided to programmes aiming to ensure access to clean water in the last financial year; and how much he plans to provide to such programmes this financial year.

The UK oversees a portfolio of bilateral and multilateral development programmes that seek to improve access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). In 2022, the UK provided £124 million of Official Development Assistance (ODA) for programmes which help improve WASH access; this includes £45 million of bilateral ODA and £79 million of multilateral ODA. Official figures for 2023 will be published in Autumn 2024. These programmes include an £18.5 million WASH Systems for Health programme, which supports governments in developing countries to strengthen the systems that provide WASH services. This financial year we will continue to fund these programmes and work closely with our partners to ensure equitable access to WASH services.