Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department has provided to the Open Information Partnership since 2019; whether this funding is ongoing; and from which unit of his Department the funding comes.

The Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme, managed by the Russia Department, Eastern Europe, Central Asia Directorate, FCDO has provided £12.75 million to the Open Information Partnership between 2018-2021. Funding is sourced from HMG's Conflict, Stability and Security Fund and is continuing in the current financial year.