Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the UK’s current aid provision to least developed countries.

The UK is committed to supporting Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and delivering for our partners at the fifth UN Conference on Least Developed Countries (LDCV). Our International Development Strategy sets out our approach to channel the majority of our Official Development Assistance (ODA) towards low-income countries where there is a clear commitment to progress. It also states that we will continue to support the global goal of providing at least 0.2% of our Gross National Income to Least Developed Countries. We continue to assess our overall offer to LDCs, which includes the provision of ODA, to develop a better, deeper, offer, from expertise to finance and trade.