Question follow-through · 12626
China: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much aid his Department has provided to China in the last five years.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 4 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 6 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 11 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much aid his Department has provided to China in the last five years.
6 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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11 Nov 2024
Answer published
Between 2019 and 2023, total Official Development Assistance (ODA) spend to China was £206.2 million, including on Chevening scholarships and British Council activity. In April 2021, the FCDO committed to cut ODA funded programmes in China by 95 per cent ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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