Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office written question – answered am ar 29 Ionawr 2025.
Baroness Helic
Ceidwadwyr
To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of Official Development Assistance has been dedicated to peacebuilding and mediation support programmes in each year between 2016 and 2025.
Lord Collins of Highbury
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office), Deputy Leader of the House of Lords, Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip), Lords Spokesperson (Equalities)
Official Development Assistance (ODA) spending on civilian peace-building, conflict prevention and resolution, as defined by the Development Assistance Committee within the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (sector code 15220), has declined in real terms in every year from 2016-2022 and has dropped from 2.7% to 0.8% of total ODA between 2016 and 2023. At the same time the prevalence of conflict has increased. Last September at the UN General Assembly, the Prime Minister said, "We must put new energy and creativity into conflict resolution and conflict prevention, reverse the trend towards ever-greater violence, [and] make the institutions of peace fit for purpose." Data for subsequent years is not yet available.
Bilateral UK ODA spent on Civilian peace-building, conflict prevention and resolution (15220), 2016 - 2023 (£millions) | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Civilian peace-building, conflict prevention and resolution (15220) | 360.6 | 303.7 | 277.1 | 198.7 | 164.7 | 144.9 | 115.4 | 128.2 |
Total UK ODA (£millions) | 13,377 | 14,051 | 14,542 | 15,176 | 14,478 | 11,423 | 12,786 | 15,344 |
% of total UK ODA | 2.7% | 2.2% | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 0.9% | 0.8% |
Source: Statistics on International Development Totals may not sum due to rounding |
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