Question follow-through · 10915
Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy not to provide Official Development Assistance to countries that have a higher (a) gross domestic product and (b) purchasing parity power than t
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 23 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 28 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 1 Nov 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy not to provide Official Development Assistance to countries that have a higher (a) gross domestic product and (b) purchasing parity power than t
28 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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1 Nov 2024
Answer published
In line with international rules, the UK provides Official Development Assistance (ODA) only to countries with a Gross National Income (GNI) per capita below $13,846. All recipients of our ODA have a lower GNI per capita than the UK, including when adjust...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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