Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 119122

Development Aid

Tabled: 9 March 2026
Answered: 16 March 2026

Question

Mr Lee Dillon

Liberal DemocratNewbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when her Department plans to set out a timetable for restoring official development assistance spending to 0.7 per cent of gross national income.

Answer

Chris Elmore
The Government is committed to returning to spending 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income on Official Development Assistance as soon as fiscal circumstances allow.