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Development Aid: Departmental Coordination

Commons · Question 88259 · Tabled 5 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 17 Nov 2025

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Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what coordination mechanisms exist between her Department, the Ministry of Defence and the Home Office to align aid spending with (a) defence, (b) resilience and (c) counter-

Answer

Answered by Chris Elmore, 17 Nov 2025

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office keeps all aspects of its Official Development Assistance programmes under review to ensure the maximum impact on our objectives, in consultation with other government departments and a wide range of other s...