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Development Aid

Commons · Question 33330 · Tabled 24 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 4 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Vikki Slade

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the Official Development Assistance budget is spent overseas.

Answer

Answered by Catherine West, 4 Mar 2025

The Home Secretary is committed to ensuring asylum costs fall and has already acted. This includes taking measures to reduce the asylum backlog and end the use of expensive hotel accommodation.As the Prime Minister said in the House, as we clear the asylu...