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First Special Report - Investment for development: Government response to the Committee’s Ninth Report of Session 2022–23

Published 7 December 2023

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The government's response

This document responds to Ninth Report - Investment for development: The UK’s strategy towards Development Finance Institutions.

This is the government's response, published 7 December 2023.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The Government states that it "accepts or partially accepts all recommendations" on British International Investment (BII) and will work with BII to implement relevant reforms, including in negotiations for the 2027 to 2031 strategy.

  • On governance, it "partially accepts" Recommendation 1 but "does not agree" that a government official taking a non-voting seat on BII's Board would enhance governance, citing risks such as "blurring lines of responsibility".
  • On the British Investment Partnerships strategy (Recommendation 6), it accepts, but notes that consultation "will take time" and says it "does feel able to commit to publishing by summer 2024".
  • On targets for BII, it says it is "not appropriate" to introduce multiple additional SMART targets in this strategy period, but the FCDO "will also review its SMART targets for BII as part of the next strategy period from 2027".
  • On auditing and annual impact assessments, it believes a full rolling audit "would be disproportionate" but says Ministers "will review in 2024 whether additional spot checks" by external experts "are required".

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