Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 59035

Voluntary Service Overseas: Finance

Tabled: 11 June 2025
Answered: 26 June 2025

Question

Susan Murray

Liberal DemocratMid Dunbartonshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the recent reduction in foreign aid to 0.3% of GDP on the future of Voluntary Service Overseas.

Answer

Stephen Doughty
Following the Spending Review, detailed decisions on how the Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget will be used are being worked through as part of ongoing resource allocation processes, based on various factors including impact assessments. We are...

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