Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate she has made of the level of funding allocated to the Sahel region from the Official Development Assistance budget (a) in 2020, (b) in 2021 and (c) for 2022.

The former Department for International Development (DFID's) Annual Report and Accounts (published online https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/902370/annual-accounts19-20.pdf) shows that £69.7 million of Official Development Assistance (ODA) was allocated to the Joint Sahel Department for 2019-2020.

For 2020-2021, the FCDO's Annual Report and Accounts (published online https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fcdo-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021) shows that £69.6 million of ODA was allocated to the Joint Sahel Department.

The FCDO's Annual Report and Accounts for 2021-2022 will be laid in Parliament before the Summer recess and will include further detail on FCDO's ODA spending.