Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 47474

Development Aid: Debts Written Off

Tabled: 23 April 2025
Answered: 1 May 2025

Question

Victoria Collins

Liberal DemocratHarpenden and Berkhamsted

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of proposed reductions in spending on official development assistance on levels of debt-cancellation to heavil

Answer

Stephen Doughty
Supporting developing countries to tackle unsustainable debt is a priority of this government. Where the UK Government is a creditor, we will fully engage in multilateral negotiations with debtor countries via the Paris Club and G20 Common Framework mecha...

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