Select committee: International Development Committee
Recommendation 1
11th Report - UK Aid and Development Assistance in a Fracturing World: Strengthening Resilience and Cooperation
Published 28 Apr 2026
Addressed to Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
In the coming months we expect to see much greater transparency from the Government over the evidence base for its newly articulated approach to international relief and development and the tangible impact it expects this to have. We anticipate more information on how it intends to communicate both the approach and its results, and how the various components will be brought together to form a coherent policy. (Conclusion, Paragraph 24)
From: International Development Committee, 11th Report - UK Aid and Development Assistance in a Fracturing World: Strengthening Resilience and Cooperation (HC 1835), 28 April 2026
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 8 July 2026 (deadline 28 June 2026).
Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.The government says it "remains firmly committed to international development" and responds to the Committee's first recommendation with "Partially agree" on each of its four parts, setting out its modern development approach.
- On Recommendation 1.a, the government "Partially agree[s]", saying the "four essential shifts" draw on international evidence, and that measuring their impact "will be complex" and require qualitative assessment alongside quantitative metrics.
- On civil society, it says it is "not a policy objective" to ensure diaspora and UK NGO resources complement government priorities, and does "not consider a single strategy the most effective approach at this stage".
- It states that it "does not agree" that a Multilateral Aid Review "would be worthwhile at this time", citing the multi-year ODA allocations just agreed.
- It does not consider new country-level investment boards or an FCDO seat on the British International Investment Board necessary or advisable, preferring existing coordination and oversight arrangements.