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Development Aid

Commons · Question 124925 · Tabled 10 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 20 Apr 2026

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Asked by Cat Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the fiscal circumstances within which the level of the Official Development Assistance budget w

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Answered by Chris Elmore, 20 Apr 2026

In line with the International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015, the Government is required to review whether a return to spending 0.7 per cent of gross national income on Official Development Assistance is possible against ea...