Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials of her Department have had with (i) businesses and (ii) registered charities in each of the last five years.

DFID Ministers and officials meet regularly with businesses and registered charities in order to achieve security, end extreme poverty, and create shared prosperity. DFID does not hold information centrally on the number of such meetings across the Department.