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Development Aid: National Security

Commons · Question 88260 · Tabled 5 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 17 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of Official Development Assistance-funded programmes in countering (a) disinformation and (b) destabilisation effo

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...