Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 46418

Development Aid: Sustainable Development

Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 29 April 2025

Question

Dr Scott Arthur

LabourEdinburgh South West

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the planned reduction to ODA spending on the UK's commitment to the Agenda 2030 leaving-no-one- behind principle.

Answer

Stephen Doughty
Reducing the overall size of our Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget will necessarily have an impact on the scale and shape of the work we do. Decisions on how the ODA budget will be used are being worked through as part of the ongoing Spending R...

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