Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much from the public purse his Department spent on technical assistance programming delivered by UK-based organisations for (a) official development assistance spending and (b) non-official development assistance spending in 2021.

The International Development Strategy sets out how we will channel world-class British expertise to support partner countries by providing advice and exchanging lessons and evidence of what works. This supports good policy - the 'best buy' in development. We leverage partnerships across government, research, business and civil society to provide this.

FCDO takes a portfolio approach to programme management as a programme may be delivered through different delivery options and funding arrangements. We do not hold central records of the level of technical assistance included within our total programming and this could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.