Stonewall: Arms Length Bodies and Government Departments
(asked on 13th February 2025) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Twycross on 16 September 2024 (HL694), what funding the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office has allocated to Stonewall in 2024 and 2025, broken down by each individual programme; what is the rationale for any funding; whether the funding was subject to competitive tender; and what assessment has been made of the appropriateness of government funding for Stonewall overseas.
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office collaborates closely with a variety of civil society organisations to advance His Majesty's Government's commitment to defending the human rights and freedoms of LGBT+ people globally.
Following an open call for proposals in June 2023, Stonewall was awarded £649,979 to deliver programme activities in 2024 and 2025. This funding was used to support the most vulnerable LGBT+ people who were victims or at risk of violence or even death due to their sexual orientation and gender identity.
A breakdown of funding for each individual programme is provided in the table below.
Project | 2023/24 Actual (Q4) | 2024/25 Forecast (Q1-4) | 2025/26 Forecast (Q1-4) | Total |
Out of the Margins - addressing violence and discrimination against LBT+ women in the Caribbean, Southern Africa, and Eastern Europe. | £86,156 | £88,653 | £86,286 | £261,095 |
SAFAR - building global capacity to protect and support LGBT+ people in high-risk or crisis situations. | £65,684 | £159,487 | £163,713 | £388,884 |
Total | £151,840 | £248,140 | £249,999 | £649,979 |