Written question asked by Patrick Grady (Scottish National Party) on Wednesday, 30 December 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 January 2021 (named day). It was answered by James Cleverly (Conservative) on Monday, 11 January 2021 on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Development Aid

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the amount of funding that will become available to his Department to spend as Official Development Assistance once the UK has met all outstanding commitments to the European Development Fund.

Answer: The UK's contribution to the European Development Fund (EDF) for 2021 onwards will gradually reduce on an annual basis as programmes are finalised. In 2019, the contribution to the EDF was £852,683,097 and for 2020 it was £371,142,678. In late 2020, the Commission estimated that the UK's share of the EDF will be EURO 1,527,732,926 (approx. £1,374,107,687) for the four year period 2021-2024. The UK ODA that the FCDO will have available to spend once the UK has met all outstanding commitments to the EDF will be calculated, audited and officially reported on once all EDF programmes are implemented and finalised and the total UK commitments fulfilled.

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