Question follow-through · 33481

Development Aid: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of his Department’s budget he has allocated for child-focused aid in the (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26 financial years.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 25 Feb 2025
Target answer date: 3 Mar 2025
Answer: 3 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

25 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of his Department’s budget he has allocated for child-focused aid in the (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26 financial years.
3 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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3 Mar 2025
Answer published
The former Minister for International Development published the FCDO's Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme allocations for 2024/25 in a Written Ministerial Statement on Thursday 6 February 2025.ODA allocations for future years are being worked...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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