Written questions

Development Aid

Commons · Question 49372 · Tabled 30 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, whether he plans to reduce in-donor refugee costs to meet Official Development Assistance budget allocations for (a) 2026-27 and (b) 2027-28.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 6 May 2025

The Government is committed to ensuring that asylum costs fall and has already acted. The Government has taken measures to reduce the asylum backlog, reform the asylum accommodation system to help end the use of expensive accommodation in the next Spendin...