Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the reduction in the percentage of Official Development Assistance allocated to multilateral organisations on the targets set out in the International Development Strategy.

The FCDO is rebalancing its ODA investments from multilateral to bilateral channels to ensure money goes on the key priorities set out in the International Development Strategy: investment, women and girls, humanitarian, climate change, nature and global health. The shift will empower the UK to deliver more aid directly to where it is needed. We will maintain a wide range of partnerships with multilateral organisations, and they will remain key partners for achieving our objectives and tackling global challenges that the UK cannot solve alone.