Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the information note Mapping the UK’s approach to tackling corruption and illicit financial flows, published by ICAI in March 2020, what plans the Government has for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to deliver programmes to promote integrity and transparency of businesses overseas to help tackle corruption.

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office lead programmes to promote the integrity and transparency of businesses overseas, such as the Business Integrity Initiative, which supports UK and international small and medium-sized enterprises to guard against bribery and corruption when trading with developing countries.

Programmes are still to be agreed subject to the outcome of the Integrated Review. As the Prime Minister stated during the Parliamentary debate on Global Britain on 16 June, this government remains committed to tackling corruption and illicit finance in the UK and overseas.