Source · Select Committees · International Development Committee
Recommendation 3
3
Accepted in Part
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Publish the delivery plan alongside the Department's report response and subsequent iterations.
Recommendation
The Department should publish the delivery plan alongside its response to this Report, with all subsequent iterations published on completion.
Government Response Summary
The government partially agrees, committing to publish the updated delivery plan after the ongoing strategy review process is completed, rather than alongside its current response.
Paragraph Reference:
24
Government Response
Accepted in Part
HM Government
Accepted in Part
HMG position: Partially Agree. The FCDO’s Disability Inclusion and Rights strategy upholds the UK’s ambitions for its work for, and with, people with disabilities. The approach covers the programming, policy and diplomacy work of policy teams and posts across the organisation and includes the FCDO’s internal systems and processes. A delivery plan was developed following publication of the strategy, setting out actions policy teams will take to deliver on their commitments up to 2025. This was not intended as a comprehensive overview of all FCDO activity on disability, rather as a tool to create momentum across the organisation and measure progress. As the Committee has noted the plan, which is a live document, was not intended originally for external publication - in line with the practice for other FCDO strategies. The full document was shared with the External Disability Board and the Bond Disability and Development group steering committee to allow for full scrutiny of our progress. The delivery plan is an ambitious and comprehensive tool which sits directly alongside the strategy to create momentum across the whole organisation, measure progress, and support posts and central teams to deliver this ambition. The updated delivery plan will be published, as per the Committee’s recommendation, following completion of the strategy review process currently underway.