Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he is taking steps to monitor the (a) potential impact and (b) transparency of spending of aid to Pakistan.

The UK is committed to maintaining the highest standards of evidence and transparency for all its investments including aid spend in Pakistan. Aid is targeted using pre-defined criteria and in consultation with representatives of receiving groups. All our programmes are subject to robust monitoring and evaluation processes. FCDO publishes detailed information on projects and programmes to the International Aid Transparency Initiative, and in 2022 FCDO was rated as 'good' in the aid transparency index which measure the transparency of the spending and activities of major development organisations globally.