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Recommendation 37

37 Accepted Paragraph: 133

In recent years DFID has included a specific safeguarding section in its annual reports and...

Recommendation
In recent years DFID has included a specific safeguarding section in its annual reports and accounts. In 2019–20 this included important data on the number of safeguarding reports that DFID received. This is good practice and should be replicated by the FCDO.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government accepts the recommendation, stating the FCDO intends to replicate DFID's approach of including a specific safeguarding section with data in its annual reports and accounts, subject to finalising the structure.
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Paragraph Reference: 133
Government Response Accepted
HM Government · verbatim extract Accepted
The precise structure of the FCDO’s first annual report and accounts to Parliament is still to be finalised, but we certainly intend to replicate the approach taken by DFID in recent years.
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