Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding the Government provides to the EU for (a) supporting human rights defenders in third countries, (b) other human rights programming and projects in third countries and (c) supporting women's rights.

The UK contributes to EU instruments addressing human rights through our contributions to the EU budget.

The European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights has a budget of €132.75 million under Heading 4 of the EU's multi-annual financial framework 2014-2020. The Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) helps countries of the Western Balkans and Turkey make political and economic reforms. Under the IPA, €1770.2 million has been allocated for democracy and governance and €1281.40 million for rule of law assistance for the period 2014-20. More details of the EU's work in this area are available in the EU Annual Reports on Human Rights and Democratisation, available at: https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage_en/8437/EU%20Annual%20Reports%20on%20Human%20Rights%20and%20Democratisation .