Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what action they will take to support women and girls in the use of overseas development aid, in particular in terms of the amount of aid allocated, specific projects and diplomacy.

I refer the Noble Baroness to the statements made by the Foreign Secretary and myself on 19 March when announcing the Official Development Assistance (ODA) allocations for the period up to 2028-29, and the accompanying documents setting out the detail of those allocations. This included setting an increased target for at least 90 percent of the UK's bilateral ODA programmes to have a focus on women and girls by 2030.