Development Aid
Commons · Question 47687 · Tabled 24 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 8 May 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on any potential reallocation of savings from in-donor refugee costs to the FCDO’s ODA budget.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Doughty, 8 May 2025
The UK Government has taken measures to reduce the asylum backlog and reform the asylum accommodation system to help end the use of expensive accommodation in the next Spending Review period to ensure more of our Official Development Assistance (ODA) budg...