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 number of covid-19 vaccine doses that will have been donated to other countries between 1 June 2021 and 1 January 2022.

The UK has now fulfilled its pledge to donate 30 million coronavirus vaccine doses by the end of 2021, marking the 1-year anniversary of the UK becoming the first country to approve the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines. Doses donated by the UK have reached four continents and provided vital protection from COVID-19 in over 30 countries including Angola, Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia, Malawi, Nepal, and Rwanda.

At the G7 Leaders' summit at Carbis Bay, leaders announced that they will donate at least 870 million COVID-19 vaccine doses. Since then, G7 members have collectively pledged a further 1.2 billion doses. In 2021 G7 members have reported donations of 770 million doses, with the remainder to follow in 2022. Delivery will remain subject to demand, manufacturers' ability to supply the vaccines, and the emergence of new variants. Beyond this, President Xi of China has said that China will donate 600 million doses in 2022, and we expect other countries to also continue donating.