Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the FCDO Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22, which states that the temporary increase in Resource DEL in 2022-23 is to enable the Government to meet the UK’s G7 Carbis Bay health commitments, including the pledge to donate surplus vaccine doses to countries in need, what the (a) amount and (b) cost is of the doses her Department plans to donate.

In June 2021, at the G7 Summit, the UK committed to donate a total of 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to countries in need by June 2022. The UK has made available 100 million doses, and 85 million doses have been donated to over 42 countries to date. The vast majority have been donated through COVAX.

Vaccine supply now far outstrips demand so our focus has switched to helping low income countries reach their national vaccination targets through the COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership.

The estimated cost of vaccine donations in 2021 has been published in the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office's 2021-22 Annual Report and Accounts. We are awaiting guidance from the OECD-DAC on treatment of vaccine donations in 2022. All donations will be funded within a total Official Development Assistance expenditure of 0.5% of Gross National Income.