Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they last assessed the efficacy of UK aid to Pakistan.

All our programmes in Pakistan are reviewed annually and given a performance score. These reviews show that FCDO is achieving the majority of programme outputs across our portfolio. It is mandatory for all of programmes to have robust monitoring arrangements in place, to inform timely decision making, learn lessons, and ensure accountability for achieving results and correct use of funds.

Since 2011, UK aid in Pakistan has benefited more than 10 million children in primary school education; provided training in new skills for almost 300,000 people (of which 39% are women); and helped 6.6 million people (53% women) access loans. Since 2011, UK support has also reached over 1.7 million new family planning users and prevented 4,900 maternal deaths, over 3.49 million unwanted pregnancies, and 490,000 unsafe abortions.