PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Ukraine (27 January 2015)

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, to what programmes the Government has provided technical assistance to support reform of financial and economic governance in Ukraine; and how much the Government has provided to those programmes in each of the last three years.

Asked by:
Sir John Whittingdale (Conservative)

The UK Government has committed £10 million over financial years 2014/15 and 2015/16 to support governance and economic reform in Ukraine. This includes work with partners including the Government of Ukraine; civil society; a trust fund with the World Bank; an agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development focussed on anti-corruption; a partnership with the German government on public financial management; support to asset recovery; support to donor coordination; and humanitarian assistance.

During the financial years 2012/13 and 2013/14 the UK Government did not provide Ukraine with bilateral assistance.

Answered by:
Justine Greening (Independent)
3 February 2015