Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what monitoring mechanisms there were of the effect on the people of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea of engagement projects funded by his Department in that country between 2010 and 2015.

In line with Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Strategic and Bilateral Programme Fund guidance, all projects, wherever they are implemented, are subject to regular monitoring and review during implementation and on completion, with high value projects subject to further evaluation. This ensures each project supports wider FCO Programme objectives and foreign policy priorities and delivers outputs in an efficient, effective and sustainable manner. This includes projects implemented in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), where (in line with FCO project management practices) reporting considers the impact of project outputs, which are managed and delivered by our Embassy in Pyongyang and its implementing partners in the DPRK, and which may also incorporate discussions with DPRK citizens who have participated in, and benefitted from, FCO funded projects.