Question follow-through · 28442
Asian Development Bank: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has plans to increase funding to the Asian Development 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 Asian Development Bank.
5 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Feb 2025
Answer published
The UK has committed £120 million to the Asian Development Bank's Asian Development Fund thirteenth replenishment (ADF-14) over the four years 2025 to 2028. We have no plans to increase this commitment or to provide additional core funding to the Bank ove...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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