Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to page 28 of The UK Government’s Strategy for International Development, published on 16 May 2022, which 12 NGO partners her Department will work with to agree a single due diligence assessment.

The FCDO is selecting suitable Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) on the basis of those who would benefit most from conducting central assessments, considering their prior and future bilateral funding, the contexts in which they operate and the risks they face. The objective is to reduce the effort required in completing individual programme assessments, providing the FCDO and partners with a more efficient process without increasing the level of risk. We will initially pilot central assessments to refine the process, and central assessments will then be conducted on a wider range of NGOs.