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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Open Information Partnership

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Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UIN 150641, tabled on 22 February 2023

Question

Kenny MacAskill
Alba Party
East Lothian
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department has provided to the Open Information Partnership since 2019; whether this funding is ongoing; and from which unit of his Department the funding comes.

Answer

Leo Docherty
Conservative
Aldershot
Commons

Answered on

27 February 2023

The Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme, managed by the Russia Department, Eastern Europe, Central Asia Directorate, FCDO has provided £12.75 million to the Open Information Partnership between 2018-2021. Funding is sourced from HMG's Conflict, Stability and Security Fund and is continuing in the current financial year.

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