Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what additional staffing resources his Department has received in the last 12 months to support learning on managing Official Development Assistance across Government.

DFID has not received any additional resources to support learning on ODA across Government in the last 12 months. DFID’s settlement in the 2019 spending review includes additional resources for the 2020/21 financial year to provide more support for other departments to build their capability to spend ODA more effectively. This will allow DFID to boost our support to other departments spending UK aid, further ensuring that the UK’s ODA spend continues to deliver value for money for British taxpayers.