Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for each type of grant under the UK Aid Direct programme, how many applications have been (a) received and (b) approved for each year since 2015.

Since the formation of UK Aid Direct in 2015, to date, 3,245 applications have been received and 2,845 applications were eligible for review.

To date, 279 applications have been approved with a further 81 applications provisionally approved pending the successful completion of due diligence assessments.

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