Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what has been the year-on-year commitment of the £7.85 million provided to the Global Survivors Fund since 2019; and what was the country breakdown of this year-on-year commitment.
Since 2019, the UK Government has supported the Global Survivors Fund to provide life-saving support and reparative measures for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence around the world.
UK funding to the Global Survivors Fund has supported thousands of survivors, including in Ukraine, Colombia, Iraq, South Sudan, Mali, Central African Republic, Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Turkey, East Timor, Nigeria and Nepal among others. Projects have included the provision of psychosocial, educational and livelihood support, as well as technical support to Governments.
A year-on-year breakdown of funding is as follows:
• From Financial Year (FY) 2019/20 to 2021/22: £2.7m
• FY 2022/23: £1.5m
• FY 2023/24: £1.85m
• FY 2024/25: £1.8m