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International Day of Education

Commons · Question 36405 · Tabled 7 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 24 Mar 2025

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Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2025 to Question 28556 on International Day of Education, how much funding his Department will provide in (a) 2025-26 and (b) subsequent

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 24 Mar 2025

The difficult decision to reduce UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) spending to 0.3% of Gross National Income (GNI) to fund an increase in defence spending to 2.5% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2027 has been taken by the Prime Minister to addre...