Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 71593

Development Aid

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 18 September 2025

Question

James Naish

LabourRushcliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reductions in ODA on levels of funding for programmes with gender equality objectives.

Answer

Chris Elmore
Our 2025/26 Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme allocations reflect the first step as we begin to pivot to a lower ODA budget. An Equalities Impact Assessment (EIA) - which considers impacts on women and girls and wider equalities - was an ess...

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