Written Question·Treasury·UIN 44453

Development Aid

Tabled: 7 April 2025

Answered: 22 April 2025

Named Day

Question

Wendy Morton

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the percentage of funding that will be released to the Ministry of Defence of a result of the change in Gross National Income spent on Official Development Assistance in 2025-2026.

Answer

Darren Jones

As set out in Table 2.1 in the Spring Statement 2025 document, all savings generated from the Official Development Assistance (ODA) reduction in 2025-26 will be spent on defence. The difficult choice to reduce ODA reflects the evolving nature of the threa...

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