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...