Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department contributed to the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund in (a) 2020-21 and (b) 2021-22; and how much his Department plans to contribute in 2022-23.

The UK is a longstanding partner to the CERF and is its largest overall donor, contributing more than $1.7 billion to the fund since its inception in 2006. Funding contributed for financial years 2020-21 was £63.5 million, 2021-22 was £52 million and 22-23 was £52 million.