Written questions

Development Aid

Lords · Question HL5437 · Tabled 3 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 17 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Lord Wigley

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the announcements regarding the reduction in Official Development Assistance, which countries or humanitarian organisations will be exempted from cuts to aid.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington, 17 Mar 2025

The Prime Minister has set out a new strategic vision for government spending on defence and security and Official Development Assistance (ODA). He has been clear that the government will continue to play a key humanitarian role, including in Ukraine, in ...