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Development Aid

Commons · Question 60523 · Tabled 17 Jun 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 25 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal criteria she is using to determine when overseas development funding can be restored to previous levels.

Answer

Answered by Darren Jones, 25 Jun 2025

To enable the government to invest more on security and defence, while remaining committed to our fiscal rules, the Prime Minister has taken the difficult decision to reduce Official Development Assistance (ODA) to the equivalent of 0.3% of GNI by 2027. T...