Development Aid
(asked on 9th December 2025) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of the official development assistance budget was committed to humanitarian aid in (1) 2023, (2) 2024, and (3) 2025; and what proportion they plan to commit in 2026.
The table below shows UK funding provided to the World Health Organisation in the years 2023 and 2024, and Official Development Assistance (ODA) provided in those same years to support: (a) the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); (b) the United Nations Children's Fund; (c) Water Supply and Sanitation programmes; and (d) Humanitarian Aid.
2023 £ million | 2024 £ million | |
World Health Organisation | 173.0 | 194.0 |
UNHCR | 43.0 | 77.0 |
Of which: bilateral | 10.0 | 44.0 |
Of which: multilateral | 33.0 | 33.0 |
United Nations Children's Fund | 223.4 | 331.0 |
Of which: bilateral | 183.4 | 307.0 |
Water, Supply and Sanitation | 36.7 | 79.6 |
Humanitarian Aid | 884.2 | 1,453.1 |
Figures for 2025 and 2026 will be published in the normal way in due course.