Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government when they will make a decision about the future of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact.

I refer the Noble Baroness to my appearance before the International Development Committee on 20 January, where I addressed these issues at length.

The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office are working through detailed decisions on how the Official Development Assistance budget will be used from 2026/27 to 2028/29, informed by internal and external consultation and impact assessments. Funding decisions relating to the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) are part of this process. We plan to publish indicative allocations in the coming months.

I met ICAI's Chief Commissioner on 18 September at ICAI office.