To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 20 March 2020 to Question 19029, on British Overseas Territories: Development Aid, how much funding he estimates will be provided to the British Overseas Territories in the next five years from (a) the UK Aid budget, (b) conflict, stability and security funding (CSSF), (c) Darwin Plus and (d) the Blue Planet Fund.
Answered on
19 October 2022
The UK remains committed to supporting the Overseas Territories that have the first call on the aid budget. There will be approximately £80 million spent on Overseas Development Aid (ODA) in the eligible Overseas Territories in the Financial Year 2022-23. The FCDO is working with Overseas Territory governments to assess their needs for allocations for future years. In this spending review period - April 2022 - March 2025 - there will be £62 million Conflict, Stability and Security Funds allocated to the Overseas Territories, this includes both ODA and non-ODA; and £9 million of Darwin Plus funding will be available for the ODA eligible Territories. The joint Defra and FCDO £500 million Blue Planet Fund is a portfolio of programmes, some of which will be available for ODA eligible countries, including Overseas Territories.