Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what proportion of his Department's bilateral aid programmes include a focus on gender equality.

Official data, sourced from the Statistics for International Development and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) DAC Creditor Reporting System, is available for 2022. This data indicates that in 2022 58 per cent of FCDO bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) programmes had a focus on gender equality (using OECD DAC markers Significant and Principal). As part of FCDO's International Women and Girls Strategy launched in 2023, we will ensure at least 80 per cent of FCDO's bilateral aid programmes have a focus on gender equality by 2030. This is a reflection of how we are prioritising gender equality in our work and investment moving forward.