Voluntary Service Overseas
Commons · Question 47685 · 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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Voluntary Service Overseas ACTIVE programme in the 2025-26 financial year.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Doughty, 2 May 2025
The Prime Minister has taken the decision to increase spending on defence to 2.5 per cent of GDP from 2027, funded by reducing Official Development Assistance (ODA).The ODA budget will be gradually reduced to the equivalent of 0.3 per cent of GNI by 2027,...