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10th Special Report - Sexual exploitation and abuse in the aid sector: Government response to the Committee's Eighth Report

Published 6 December 2018

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The government's response

This document responds to 8th Report - Sexual exploitation in the aid sector.

This is the government's response, published 6 December 2018.

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

The government welcomes the Committee's report and, across its 18 recommendations, gives positions of "Agree" or "Partially agree" on each, pointing to commitments made at the 18 October 2018 international summit.

  • On an international register of aid workers, it partially agrees but states "we do not think a standalone international register is currently feasible"; it points instead to pilot measures including an aid worker "passport" and a Disclosure of Misconduct Scheme.
  • On safeguarding budgets, it partially agrees: partners should budget for safeguarding, but "DFID is not in a position to ensure that safeguarding is a line in every budget".
  • On an independent aid ombudsman, it partially agrees; DFID and other donor group members will "examine the study and consider next steps" over the coming months.
  • On annual reporting of its safeguarding activities, it partially agrees, saying it "will consider what additional level of detail to provide" in its annual report and Single Departmental Plan.

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