Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2021 to Question 16918 on Overseas Aid, how many round four projects were approved; and what the total value of funding is that has been deferred until 2022.

Sixteen projects were approved for funding through UK Aid Match Round Four. We estimate that the total funding, that has been deferred until 2022, is £3.9 million. The exact figure will be known when all of the amounts raised through the charity appeals (some of which are ongoing) have been certified. All UK Aid Match projects have been protected despite the difficult fiscal situation we face this year, and all 16 organisations have been provided with additional assurance that the FCDO will still be matching their fundraising appeal pound for pound.