Written question asked by Dan Carden (Labour) on Monday, 3 December 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 5 December 2018. It was answered by Penny Mordaunt (Conservative) on Monday, 10 December 2018 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

European Development Fund

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress she has made on her Department's plans for the future financial relationship with the European Development Fund (a) beyond the current funding cycle and (b) after the UK leaves the EU.

Answer: The EU is currently considering merging the EDF into a broader instrument for the period of the next EU budget cycle and the UK is party to those discussions. In the future, the UK is open to contributing to the EU’s development programmes where it is in the UK and EU’s mutual interest and meets joint objectives. A condition of any future UK contribution would be that UK organisations must be eligible to implement programmes we choose to fund.

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