Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 15482

Development Aid

Tabled: 21 November 2024

Answered: 27 November 2024

Named Day

Question

Claire Hanna

Social Democratic & Labour Party — Belfast South and Mid Down

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase the proportion of Overseas Development Assistance spent on development and humanitarian work overseas.

Answer

Anneliese Dodds

The Government is taking measures to reduce the asylum backlog and end the use of expensive hotel accommodation. We expect these plans to enable a greater proportion of the ODA budget to be spent on our international development priorities overseas. The F...

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