Written questions

Development Aid

Commons · Question 78427 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 20 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Wera Hobhouse

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to take steps to enable an increase in the Official Development Assistance budget.

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 20 Oct 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...