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Development Aid

Commons · Question 48105 · Tabled 25 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 6 May 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that Overseas Development Assistance is used effectively to achieve intended outcomes in recipient countries.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 6 May 2025

The Prime Minister has committed to a process to look at all Official Development Assistance (ODA) programming across Government. This is to ensure that it is strategically coherent, delivers UK objectives, whilst providing value for money for the UK taxp...