Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress the Government has made in meeting the pledge to donate 80 million covid-19 vaccines doses to COVAX by June 2022.

The UK was one of the earliest and largest donors to COVAX, contributing £548 million to the COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC). Our early funding gave the COVAX AMC the purchase power to secure deals with manufacturers to supply internationally approved vaccines for up to 92 low and middle-income countries. So far, COVAX has helped deliver over 1.16 billion doses to 144 participants.

In addition, as of 28 March, the UK has delivered 44.9 million vaccines to COVAX. COVAX will receive a further 16.7 million doses direct from the manufacturer when they are available. Discussions about further donations are ongoing, subject to supply chain reliability and Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation advice.