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Written question asked by Virendra Sharma (Labour) on Tuesday, 14 May 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 17 May 2024 (named day). It was answered by Andrew Mitchell (Conservative) on Friday, 17 May 2024 on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.


Bilateral Aid: HIV/AIDS

Question

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will publish details of his Department's bilateral expenditure that has directly targeted tackling HIV and AIDS in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.

Answer

The UK remains a significant funder in the HIV response. In (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022 total bilateral expenditure for HIV and AIDS was (i) £5,831,984 and (ii) £10,035,256 respectively. Of this total Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office bilateral spend was (i) £4,548,553 and (ii) £9,916,750 for 2021 and 2022 respectively. This includes our funding to the Clinton Health Access Initiative to further improve access to essential HIV medicines and our funding to the Robert Carr Fund to support initiatives with grassroots organisations, including key populations, as part of the global HIV response.

Figures for 2023 are not yet available. They will be published in Autumn 2024.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
26105
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Bilateral aid HIV/AIDS
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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