Question follow-through · 9843

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will commission a review of the (a) effectiveness of development aid and (b) proportion of such aid that does not reach its intended destination.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 17 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 21 Oct 2024
Answer: 25 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

17 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will commission a review of the (a) effectiveness of development aid and (b) proportion of such aid that does not reach its intended destination.
21 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Oct 2024
Answer published
This Government is committed to development effectiveness, transparency and scrutiny. Across the FCDO, robust systems and frameworks help ensure we achieve value for money, spend British taxpayers' money well, and that development assistance reaches its i...

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