Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what criteria is being used to allocate development finance support to the (a) manufacturing, (b) agricultural and (c) energy sectors in Africa.

Our allocation of development finance to the highlighted sectors is currently informed by a mixture of criteria ranging from local priorities to alignment with overall Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) objectives. We will publish our Africa Approach later this year, outlining a transformed partnership that engages with African countries as equals and will inform future allocations. We will publish the FCDO's final 2025/26 Official Development Assistance programme allocations in the Annual Report & Accounts in July, and finalise budgets for the rest of the Spending Review period later this year.