Call for Evidence

The deadline date for submissions to this inquiry is Tuesday 14 January 2025, however, the Committee will strive to consider written evidence submissions that arrive after this date.

In your written evidence, please state if you wish for it to be anonymous and/or confidential.

Reasonable adjustments

If you need an adjustment to help you send your evidence, please get in touch with committee staff by e-mail at indcom@parliament.uk or call 020 7219 1223. They’ll be able to talk about what we can do to help you send your evidence, so far as reasonably practical. That might include sending it to us in a different format or giving you more time to prepare your evidence. We’ll be happy to help you.

The Committee is interested to hear from anyone with experience or interest in development finance. These may include experts, stakeholders, FCDO delivery partners, academics, and government leaders and officials.

Key questions for the inquiry include:

• How does the FCDO currently define the term Value for Money? Are there any other aspects of Value for Money that the FCDO should be considering in its assessment?
• To what extent did the merger of DFID and the FCO affect what the FCDO considers to be Value for Money?
• How effective is the FCDO at monitoring the delivery and outputs of its programming to ensure its achieving Value for Money? Is there a cohesive approach across the merged FCDO?
• How could the FCDO improve its oversight mechanisms to ensure Value for Money of its ODA budget?
• How effectively are the FCDO utilising financial instruments, including:
  • Debt relief;
  • Guarantees; and
  • Special Drawing Rights?
• Does the FCDO’s funding model impact the cost effectiveness of its aid budget?
• To what extent does the philosophy of aid at the FCDO align with its finance delivery partners, including British International Investment, and other Multilateral Development Banks?