Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech at the UN Sustainable Development Goals Summit on 27 September 2015, what steps the Government is taking to leave no one behind.

The Prime Minister’s promise that ‘no one will be left behind’ is clearly referenced in the new UK Aid strategy at paragraph 3.17, available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-aid-tackling-global-challenges-in-the-national-interest. My department is currently laying out what this means for all DFID and wider government investments overseas, and supporting the international system to ensure no one is left behind. We will support countries and development partners to increase their capacity to better identify and reach the extreme poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged groups.