Written Question·Treasury·UIN 16509

Development Aid

Tabled: 27 November 2024
Answered: 2 December 2024
Named Day

Question

Sarah Champion

LabourRotherham

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what process the percentage of 0.5 of Gross National Income for Official Development Assistance was decided.

Answer

Darren Jones
The Government remains committed to restoring ODA spending to 0.7% of GNI as soon as fiscal circumstances allow, but the latest OBR forecasts show that ODA fiscal tests which determine a return to 0.7% are not due to be met within this Parliament. HMT has...

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