Question follow-through · 28435
World Bank: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has plans to increase funding to the World Bank.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 3 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 14 Feb 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has plans to increase funding to the World Bank.
5 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Feb 2025
Answer published
The UK pledged £1.98 billion to the 21st replenishment (IDA21) of the International Development Association (IDA) which works with the poorest countries globally, in late-November 2024. IDA21 runs between July 2025 and ends by June 2028. IDA's three-year ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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