Source · Select Committees · International Development Committee
Recommendation 7
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Establish sustainability as a central tenet of FCDO's VfM assessment criteria by 2025/26.
Conclusion
The Committee recommend that sustainability should be a named central tenet of the FCDO’s VfM assessment criteria by the end of the 2025/26 financial year, and should be regularly and formally considered throughout the life of a programme. (Recommendation, Paragraph 29) The international development landscape and the UK ODA’s reduction to 0.3%
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 11 February 2026. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗