Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 68852

Development Aid

Tabled: 17 July 2025
Answered: 24 July 2025
Named Day

Question

Noah Law

LabourSt Austell and Newquay

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Oral Statement by the Prime Minister of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official Report, column 631, what assessment he has made of the potent

Answer

Stephen Doughty
To fund a necessary increase in defence spending, the government has taken the decision in the current fiscal and economic circumstances to reduce our Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget.The impacts of reductions are being worked through, informe...

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