Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee West)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that investments made by British Investment International are supporting public health infrastructure in (a) India and (b) Kenya.
Answered by Andrew Mitchell - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
Since 2017, British International Investment's (BII) healthcare investments have been guided by a health impact framework [https://www.bii.co.uk/en/emerging-markets-investment/evaluating-the-impact-of-private-providers-on-health-and-health-systems/] which focuses on investing in private-healthcare providers that have a positive impact on the overall healthcare system. BII's investments are subject to its Policy of Responsible Investing.
In India, BII investment has supported the delivery of quality care to more than 2 million low-income patients including in underserved parts of central and eastern India. In Kenya, BII investment supports healthcare clinics and pharmacies that provide for more than 430,000 patient visits per month with over half of patients coming from low to very low-income groups. BII investments also provide access to a medical consultation with a nurse for KES 300-600 ($2-$4).
Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee West)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what percentage of Official Development Assistance is spent on programmes with a (a) significant focus on gender equality measured as Gender Equality Marker 1 and (b) principal focus on gender equality measured as Gender Equality Marker 2 in financial year 2022-23.
Answered by Andrew Mitchell - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
We do not have this official data for financial year 2022-23, due to the reporting times on Official Development Assistance statistics to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC). The latest data, for 2021, sourced from the Statistics for International Development and OECD DAC Creditor Reporting System, indicates that 49 percent of FCDO bilateral programmes were marked with the Significant (1) OECD DAC Gender Policy Marker, and 10 percent were marked as Principal (2).
Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee West)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether it his Department's policy that 80 per cent of Official Development Assistance expenditure will include gender equality as a (a) significant focus measured as Gender Equality Marker 1 or (b) principal focus measured as Gender Equality Marker 2.
Answered by Andrew Mitchell - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
The FCDO's new International Women and Girls Strategy commits to at least 80 percent of FCDO's bilateral aid programmes having a focus on gender equality by 2030, using the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) gender equality markers, marked as significant (1) or principal (2).
Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee West)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to help improve the (a) transparency and (b) reporting of international climate finance.
Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Details of all programmes funded through UK International Climate Finance (ICF) are published on the development tracker website (Development Tracker (fcdo.gov.uk)), an ICF filter has been made available in order to support greater transparency. In addition, we publish an annual report setting out the results that we have achieved through our ICF (UK Climate Finance results 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)). We continue to work with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and other partners to improve the consistency and quality of global ICF reporting.
Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee West)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of the £11.6 billion of international climate finance his Department will distribute between the 2021-22 and 2025-26 financial years was distributed in the 2021-22 financial year.
Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK is delivering on our commitment to spend £11.6 billion International Climate Finance (ICF) between 2021/22 and 2025/26 including £3 billion on development solutions that protect and restore nature and balanced between support for adaptation and mitigation. In line with our international obligations our ICF spending is published through the United National Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The most recent data can be found here UK's Eighth National Communication and Fifth Biennial Report under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) the next report, which will cover ICF spent in 2021 and 2022 is due at the end of 2024.
Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee West)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of the £11.6 billion International Climate Finance commitment was distributed in financial year 2022-23.
Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK is delivering on our commitment to spend £11.6 billion International Climate Finance (ICF) between 2021/22 and 2025/26 including £3 billion on development solutions that protect and restore nature and balanced between support for adaptation and mitigation. In line with our international obligations our ICF spending is published through the United National Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The most recent data can be found here UK's Eighth National Communication and Fifth Biennial Report under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) the next report, which will cover ICF spent in 2021 and 2022 is due at the end of 2024.
Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee West)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department will provide for (a) mitigation, (b) adaptation and (c) other international climate finance in each of the next three financial years.
Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK is delivering on our commitment to spend £11.6 billion International Climate Finance (ICF) between 2021/22 and 2025/26 including £3 billion on development solutions that protect and restore nature and balanced between support for adaptation and mitigation. In line with our international obligations our ICF spending is published through the United National Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The most recent data can be found here UK's Eighth National Communication and Fifth Biennial Report under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) the next report, which will cover ICF spent in 2021 and 2022 is due at the end of 2024.
Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee West)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent progress his Department has made on spending £11.6 billion of international climate finance between the 2021-22 and 2025-26 financial years.
Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK is delivering on our commitment to spend £11.6 billion International Climate Finance (ICF) between 2021/22 and 2025/26 including £3 billion on development solutions that protect and restore nature and balanced between support for adaptation and mitigation. In line with our international obligations our ICF spending is published through the United National Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The most recent data can be found here UK's Eighth National Communication and Fifth Biennial Report under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) the next report, which will cover ICF spent in 2021 and 2022 is due at the end of 2024.
Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee West)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance he plans to allocate to Nigeria in (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 2024.
Answered by Andrew Mitchell - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
The FCDO is committed to transparency with the public and predictability with our partners. We will update on planned Official Development Assistance (ODA) allocations for this Spending Review period in due course.
Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee West)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance he plans to allocate to Ethiopia (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 2024.
Answered by Andrew Mitchell - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
The FCDO is committed to transparency with the public and predictability with our partners. We will update on planned Official Development Assistance (ODA) allocations for this Spending Review period in due course.