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Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 78587

Development Aid

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UK — Ashfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what criteria her Department uses to decide which projects to fund through UK foreign aid.

Answer

Chris Elmore
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) uses the Programme Operating Framework (PrOF), which is publicly available at this link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fcdo-programme-operating-framework
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