Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Official Development Assistance spending delivers value for money and advances the United Kingdom’s economic and national security interests.

Official Development Assistance (ODA) is focused where it can have the greatest impact, supporting the most vulnerable and advancing our modern development approach.

To assess value for money and inform decision-making throughout the programme lifecycle, we use a mix of quantitative data and qualitative information. As part of our ODA transparency commitments, these are published to the Development Tracker website, which further supports aid effectiveness by providing information to inform other donors' spending decisions.