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Ethiopia: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which initiatives have been supported by the £216 million funding to Ethiopia through the Official Development Assistance Programme in 2024-25.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 7 Feb 2025
Target answer date: 11 Feb 2025
Answer: 19 Feb 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

7 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which initiatives have been supported by the £216 million funding to Ethiopia through the Official Development Assistance Programme in 2024-25.
11 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Feb 2025
Answer published
UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Ethiopia for 2024/25 was £216 million. Most of this allocation has been used to provide lifesaving humanitarian aid, focused on emergency health, nutrition, and social protection. This includes our Productive Sa...

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