Oral Question·Treasury
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 1 February 2023Answered: 7 February 2023
Asked by
Priti Patel
Conservative — Witham
Answering Minister
the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Answer from Hansard
The Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Stephen Doughty)
The Government are tackling the asylum backlog at record pace so that we can work towards ending the use of hotels and ensure that more of our ODA budget is spent on our development priorities globally. Detailed decisions on how the ODA budget will be allocated are being worked through as part of the ongoing spending review.