Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to improve the transparency, effectiveness, and fraud prevention of Official Development Assistance spending by his Department.

All FCO ODA expenditure conforms to the department's robust management and assurance processes to ensure it delivers value for money for the UK taxpayer. This includes following the processes for monitoring expenditure, as laid out in Her Majesty's Treasury's document, 'UK Official Development Assistance: value for money guidance'. Any allegations of fraud are swiftly investigated and if substantiated projects will be terminated.