Oral Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
“What assessment he has made of the value for money of Official Development Assistance spending on in-donor refugee costs.”
Tabled: 26 March 2025Answered: 1 April 2025
Asked by
Noah Law
Labour — St Austell and Newquay
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
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.