Written questions

Development Aid: Sustainable Development

Commons · Question 46418 · Tabled 17 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 29 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Scott Arthur

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the planned reduction to ODA spending on the UK's commitment to the Agenda 2030 leaving-no-one- behind principle.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 29 Apr 2025

Reducing the overall size of our Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget will necessarily have an impact on the scale and shape of the work we do. Decisions on how the ODA budget will be used are being worked through as part of the ongoing Spending R...