Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the risk and reward profile for investment decisions of the British International Investment plc.

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) receives comprehensive access to information on the performance of British International Investment across a range of areas, including its financial return target and development impact target. Further details of our evaluation activities in relation to BII investments can be found at the link below.

https://assets.bii.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/06135829/BII-FCDO-What-learning-means-to-us-an-overview-of-how-we-evaluate-our-impact.pdf-FCDO-What-learning-means-to-us-an-overview-of-how-we-evaluate-our-impact.pdf.