Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference the Written Statement of 17 October 2023, HCWS1071, on International Climate Finance, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reclassification of the UK's international climate finance contributions on the UK's partnerships with climate-vulnerable countries.

We continue to work closely and effectively with climate-vulnerable countries. The Written Ministerial Statement published on 17 October showed that we have already spent over £3.2 billion of International Climate Finance in 2021/22 and 2022/23. It also sets out the trajectory of spend for the remaining three years of the commitment, providing all-important certainty and predictability for our developing country partners. This followed the announcement in early September, by the Prime Minister, of the UK contribution to the Green Climate Fund of $2 billion, the biggest single funding commitment the UK has made to help the developing countries tackle climate change.