Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what funding his Department plans to allocate to the UK Action Against Corruption Programme over the next two years; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes in funding for the programme on (a) the UK’s ability to combat corruption in recipient countries of UK official development assistance (ODA) and (b) the public revenue lost to corruption in ODA-eligible countries.

Transnational illicit finance is a growing threat with grave human costs. It fuels conflict and organised crime and deprives developing countries of vital resources. As outlined in the Integrated Review Refresh 2023, the UK is championing global efforts to ensure that revenues and assets lost to illicit finance are identified and recovered, so that low- and middle-income countries can self-finance their own development.