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Written question asked by Baroness Tonge (Non-affiliated) on Monday, 8 July 2019, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 July 2019. It was answered by Baroness Sugg (Conservative) on Thursday, 18 July 2019 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

World Health Organization: Finance

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government what contribution they made to (1) the core, and (2) non-core, funding of the World Health Organization in (a) 2016–17, (b) 2017–18, and (c) 2018–19.

Answer

Contributions are as follows:

Year*

Core (£millions)

Non–core (£ millions)

16/17

28.54

125.27

17/18

28.54

125.27

18/19

30.6m

137.24

*WHO operates on a biennium financing cycle. Figures above are based on WHO biennium years (16-17 and 18-19).

Contributions are split into two separate years in response to this PQ. For example, UK total core contribution to the WHO biennium of 2016 - end 2017 was approx. £57.07m but has been divided in two (£28.54m) to show our approximate contribution for 2016 and 2017.

UK core contribution also includes UK assessed contributions in years 16/17, 17/18 and 18/19.Assessed contributions are contributions that must be paid by Member states to retain membership of WHO and participation in its governance. Contributions are assessed each biennium based on each member state’s relative wealth and GDP. These contributions constitute, by their nature, core funding.

The UK non-core contribution is comprised of a number of programmes across DFID, Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) including Public Health England (PHE). Focus areas include support to Polio Eradication amongst other health areas.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL17008
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Finance World Health Organization
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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