Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to improve transparency and accountability on its commitments to end aid or change aid relationships.

The Independent Commission on Aid Impact (ICAI) published its review of DFID’s approach to managing exit and transition in its development partnerships in November 2016. My Department will shortly publish its response to recommendations made in the ICAI report, including the reporting of aid relationships following the end or transition of a DFID country programme.

DFID is a leader on aid transparency. The Secretary of State set out her vision for even greater transparency in the Bilateral and Multilateral Development Reviews published on 1 December. DFID will provide detail for how this can be achieved in due course.