Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 47685
Voluntary Service Overseas
Tabled: 24 April 2025
Answered: 2 May 2025
Question
Wendy Morton
Conservative — Aldridge-Brownhills
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Voluntary Service Overseas ACTIVE programme in the 2025-26 financial year.
Answer
Stephen DoughtyThe Prime Minister has taken the decision to increase spending on defence to 2.5 per cent of GDP from 2027, funded by reducing Official Development Assistance (ODA).The ODA budget will be gradually reduced to the equivalent of 0.3 per cent of GNI by 2027,...
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