Question follow-through · 37855
Development Aid: Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of official development assistance will be allocated to in-donor refugee costs in each fiscal year up to and including 2026/27.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 12 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 20 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Immigration and borders
- Development Aid · 17 Mar 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
12 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of official development assistance will be allocated to in-donor refugee costs in each fiscal year up to and including 2026/27.
19 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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20 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Home Secretary is committed to ensuring that asylum costs fall and has already acted. The Government has taken measures to reduce the asylum backlog, reform the asylum accommodation system to end the use of expensive accommodation in the next Spending...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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