Development Aid
Commons · Question 44453 · Tabled 7 Apr 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the percentage of funding that will be released to the Ministry of Defence of a result of the change in Gross National Income spent on Official Development Assistance in 2025-2026.
Answer
Answered by Darren Jones, 22 Apr 2025
As set out in Table 2.1 in the Spring Statement 2025 document, all savings generated from the Official Development Assistance (ODA) reduction in 2025-26 will be spent on defence. The difficult choice to reduce ODA reflects the evolving nature of the threa...