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 Enterprise and Assets Growth Programme.

The Enterprise and Assets Growth Programme (EAGR) financed facilities that have supported over a million jobs including 600,000 jobs for women, and has supported nearly 850,000 beneficiaries to access financial services in Pakistan. This programme was designed to give micro, small and medium enterprises improved access to appropriate financial services, resulting in higher economic benefits for poor and marginalised groups. EAGR will also contribute to the UK government commitment to respond to the challenges and opportunities of climate change by making green investments in Pakistan.