Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had with (i) the International Committee of the Red Cross and (ii) Chancellor of the Exchequer on the International Committee of the Red Cross's next funding period.

For many years the UK Government has funded the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) through provision of core unrestricted funding on a multi-year basis, as well as annual bilateral contributions to particular emergency contexts. In 2024, the UK provided over £192 million to the ICRC, of which £48 million was unrestricted funding. Future UK funding for ICRC will be determined as part of the Spending Review process.

The Foreign Secretary met with the ICRC's President Mirjana Spoljaric in October 2024 at the UN General Assembly. Ministers within the FCDO have also had several direct engagements with ICRC officials in recent months, both in London and in several humanitarian contexts. Officials from the FCDO meet and coordinate regularly with ICRC officials both in London and Geneva, and in conflict affected countries around the world. The UK is also co-chairing the ICRC Donor Support Group from June 2025.