Development Aid
Commons · Question 22023 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 4 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Matt Vickers
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the additional annual cost to the Exchequer of increasing Official Development Assistance spending from 0.3 per cent to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income in each of the next fi
Answer
Answered by Lucy Rigby, 4 Sep 2026
At Spring Statement 2025 the Government took the decision to reduce the UK ODA budget to the equivalent of 0.3% of GNI by 2027 to fund a necessary increase in defence spending. Spending Review 2025 details departmental ODA budgets 2025/26 to 2028/29 that ...