Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, to what programmes the Government has provided technical assistance to support reform of financial and economic governance in Ukraine; and how much the Government has provided to those programmes in each of the last three years.

The UK Government has committed £10 million over financial years 2014/15 and 2015/16 to support governance and economic reform in Ukraine. This includes work with partners including the Government of Ukraine; civil society; a trust fund with the World Bank; an agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development focussed on anti-corruption; a partnership with the German government on public financial management; support to asset recovery; support to donor coordination; and humanitarian assistance.

During the financial years 2012/13 and 2013/14 the UK Government did not provide Ukraine with bilateral assistance.