Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which charities operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo have received Official Development Assistance funding in each of the last five years; and what estimate he has made of the value of that funding.

The UK is a longstanding donor to the DRC. Since 2013 the UK has spent over £1.1 billion GBP in bilateral ODA in the DRC. Over the last 5 years this is broken down as follows: 2016/17 - £129.5 million, 2017/18 - £166.2 million, 2018/19 - £203.7 million, 2019/20 - £184.6 'million, 2020/21 - £132.4 million.

The UK delivers through a range of partners including UN, private sector and NGOs. Over the last 5 years the largest charity recipients have been:

IMA World Health

Mercy Corps Europe

Action Against Hunger UK

Concern Worldwide

Through UK funding to IMA, we have supported 2.8 million deliveries attended by a skilled birth attendant, and ensured 2.3 million children under the age of one are fully vaccinated. UK funding to humanitarian partners has provided 1.97 million people with food aid, cash and vouchers to reduce food insecurity and treated over 300,000 cases of severe acute malnutrition.