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Written question asked by Preet Kaur Gill (Labour) on Monday, 28 November 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 1 December 2022 (named day). It was answered by Andrew Mitchell (Conservative) on Thursday, 1 December 2022 on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Development Aid: United Nations Population Fund

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance spending has been disbursed to programmes delivered by the United Nations Population Fund in each of the last five years for which data is available.

Answer

Table 1 shows the volume of UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) spending that has been disbursed to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in each of the last five years.

Part of the UK's ODA spending to UNFPA is unearmarked funding which is pooled with other donors' funding and disbursed as part of the UNFPA's core budget.

The other part of UK ODA flows through UNFPA as bilateral ODA, where UNFPA is acting as the delivery partner for UK bilateral aid programmes i.e. those where the funding is earmarked for a specific purpose or fund.

£ thousands 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Core contributions (unearmarked) to UNFPA budget 120,485 150,301 191,026 70,471 57,516
Contributions to UNFPA earmarked for particular purpose 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 8,000
Total 140,485 170,301 211,026 90,471 65,516

Source: Statistics on International Development

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
97653
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Development aid UN Population Fund
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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