Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what additional measures they will put in place to ensure that international development spending is properly targeted and delivered to those whose need is greatest.

As set out in the Bilateral Development Review, DFID will reach the poorest and most excluded groups by improving disaggregated data, evidence and understanding of what works in different contexts. For example, excluded girls and women are often ‘invisible’ and there is need for better data that is disaggregated by sex, age, disability and geography. This approach compliments our robust systems which protect the Department for International Development’s aid budget throughout the project cycle and ensure that it is directed to those who need it.