Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to maintain the current percentage of ODA expenditure on Gender Equality Marker 1 and 2 projects and programmes in when the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is created.

Promoting gender equality and women's rights are a core part of this Government's mission, and vital to fulfilling every girl's right to 12 years of quality education. The UK Government remains committed to a foreign and development policy which consciously and consistently delivers for women and girls. The UK International Development (Gender Equality) Act makes consideration of gender equality in all UK Official Development Assistance a legal requirement.