Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2021 to Question 63862 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Afghanistan, whether the cost of the Joint Afghanistan Casework Unit will be counted as Official Development Assistance.

FCDO is now seen as a multi-purpose agency as per the Development Assistance Committee (OECD) rules. This allows FCDO to report administrative costs of staff working in aid related duties either in full or in part thereof. Therefore, some of the activities undertaken by the Joint Afghanistan Casework Unit could be attributed to the ODA budget.