Overseas Aid: Poliomyelitis

(asked on 7th June 2021) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding from the public purse the UK Government has contributed to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in each of the last ten years.


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Wendy Morton Portrait
Wendy Morton
This question was answered on 15th June 2021

The UK is a strong supporter of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, having given £585 million in funding over the last 10 years and a total of £1.37 billion since 1995. Specifically, funding for each of the last 10 years has been:

2011/12 - £65 million

2012/13 - £40 million

2013/14 - £110 million

2014/15 - £50 million

2015/16 - £65 million

2016/17 - £39 million

2017/18 - £63 million

2018/19 - £50 million

2019/20 - £33 million

2020/21 - £70 million

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