Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 92560

Development Aid

Tabled: 19 November 2025
Answered: 27 November 2025

Question

Wendy Morton

ConservativeAldridge-Brownhills

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to review aid spending channels to ensure a greater proportion reaches frontline, locally-led development organisations.

Answer

Chris Elmore

I refer the Rt Hon Member to the evidence provided by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to the inquiry by the International Development Committee into the FCDO's Approach to Value for Money in Official Development Assistance, published on 29 October, and available here: https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/142772/default/.