Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to make public records of gender programme spending by (1) the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund, (2) the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and (3) the government as a whole.

In 2020 (the latest available year for Official Development Assistance (ODA) reporting), 6% of ODA funded Conflict Stability Security Fund (CSSF) programmes (£36 million) had gender as a main objective, while 65% (£348 million) of programmes had a significant gender component. Summaries of CSSF programmes are available online:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/conflict-stability-and-security-fund-programme-summaries

ODA reporting for 2021 is not yet available.

Spending for the current financial year will be announced, as usual, when the Written Ministerial Statement to accompany the CSSF Annual Report is laid before Parliament, later in the year. This ensures that Ministers retain sufficient in-year flexibility to pivot funding in delivery of the most pressing national security objectives.

At this stage we don't have further plans to make public our records of gender programme spending.