Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government will match the level of EU funding provided to British Overseas Territories after the UK leaves the EU.

The UK and Overseas Territory Governments share a responsibility to the British citizens living in those territories to help enable them to lead secure, stable and more prosperous lives. The UK will remain party to the European Development Fund (EDF) until the closure of the 11^th EDF, and we expect to confirm the arrangements for preserving the UK's Overseas Territories' EDF funding in the next phase of negotiations. After we leave the EU we will want to take our own decisions about how to deliver the policy objectives previously targeted by EU funding.