{"value":{"id":1920486,"askingMemberId":5361,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2026-06-25T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-06-29T00:00:00","uin":"13413","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's press release entitled UK backs communities on the ocean's front line with £13.9 million investment, published on 17 June 2026, what proportion of the investment will be classified as Overseas Development Assistance.","answeringBodyId":13,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":1579,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-07-02T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>All funding committed to the Blue Planet Fund (BPF) is attributed as Official Developing Assistance (ODA) spend.</p><p> </p><p>At the recent Our Ocean Conference in Kenya, the UK announced £13.9m additional funding for marine ODA programming under the BPF.</p><p> </p><p>Funding announcements included: a £6.7 million contribution to the World Bank’s PROBLUE multidonor trust fund; up to £2.2 million to the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA); and £5 million for the Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP).</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Blue Planet Fund","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1920486","method":"GET"}]}