Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 29161

Development Aid

Tabled: 5 February 2025
Answered: 11 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Monica Harding

Liberal DemocratEsher and Walton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many UK aid programmes have been (a) paused and (b) otherwise affected by the USAID funding pause.

Answer

Anneliese Dodds
We are currently working to assess the implications of the US funding pause across development sectors. We welcome the news that emergency food aid and life-saving humanitarian assistance should be exempt from the pause in US foreign aid. We are assessing...

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