Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of (a) humanitarian and (b) development aid funding allocated to the Horn of Africa for this financial year has been programmed.

In Financial Year 2022/23, the UK intends to provide approximately £156 million in humanitarian aid across East Africa including countries in the Horn of Africa. Of this amount, currently more than £93 million has been programmed and spent. £170 million of development aid has currently been programmed and spent in East Africa, also including countries in the Horn of Africa.

Given the government's response to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, wider Official Development Assistance (ODA) pressures including the ODA-eligible expenditure incurred through the Afghan resettlement programme and the UK's support to people fleeing Ukraine, the FCDO and other ODA spending departments will need to revisit development aid budgets to ensure all eligible spending is managed within 0.5% of GNI this calendar year.

The Government remains committed to transparency and will provide an update to Parliament on spending plans in due course.