Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which (a) individuals and (b) organisations received disbursements from the British High Commission in Colombo through the Small Grants Scheme in (a) 2017-18 and (b) 2018-19.

The British High Commission in Colombo no longer provides funding through the Small Grants Scheme. However, the High Commission supports a range of predominantly civil society organisations through the International Programme fund (formerly Global Britain Fund). In 2017-18 and 2018-19 13 organisations were supported through this scheme including Equal Ground, United Nations Population Fund, Centre for Equality and Justice, National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka , Sri Lanka Unites , Westminster Foundation for Democracy, Internews, Coffey International, Lakshaman Kadiragama Institute, Peoples Action for Free and Fair Elections , Fokus women, Nuin Associates Ltd and Counter Terrorism Global Ltd.