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Development Aid

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will restore the Official Development Assistance budget to 0.7% of gross national income.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
17 Jul 2024
Target answer date
22 Jul 2024
Answer
22 Jul 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will restore the Official Development Assistance budget to 0.7% of gross national income.

  2. 22 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Jul 2024

    Answer published

    This Government is committed to restoring ODA spending at the level of 0.7 per cent of GNI as soon as fiscal circumstances allow. The Government will set out its approach to the House in due course.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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