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...