Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the funding entitled Supporting peace and stability in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
The UK is committed to spending UK aid in support of sustainable peace and stability in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). From 2014-2022 the UK funded the "Supporting Peace & Stability in Eastern DRC" programme. In line with the UK's commitment to aid transparency, the programme's completion report is available, open source, on DevTracker, published in July 2022. The report makes a full assessment of the programme's results and effectiveness. While delivering stabilisation programming in DRC is challenging, the report notes the programme contributed to "reducing conflict at community level and better equipped international and national partners to address DRC's myriad conflicts over the long-term".