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Development Aid

Commons · Question 85475 · Tabled 27 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 4 Nov 2025

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Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that overseas aid funding is not used to promote (a) social transformation, (b) gender ideology, (c) climate justice and (d) other ideologica

Answer

Answered by Chris Elmore, 4 Nov 2025

Since 2021, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has used the Programme Operating Framework (PrOF) to guide decisions on how UK foreign aid is spent effectively. The PrOF sets out mandatory rules and principles to ensure programmes alig...