Written questions

Development Aid

Commons · Question 47681 · Tabled 24 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 2 May 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the decision not to automatically adjust UK Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) spending in line with eco

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 2 May 2025

Official Development Assistance (ODA) budgets from 2025/26 onwards are set in cash terms based on Gross National Income (GNI) forecasts. This change means the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's (FCDO's) ODA budgets will no longer be exposed to...