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Business: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official Report, columns 361-364, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of reducing Of
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 19 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 27 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official Report, columns 361-364, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of reducing Of
24 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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27 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Prime Minister has set out a new strategic vision for government spending on defence and security, and official development assistance.Decisions on how the ODA budget will be used will be worked through as part of the ongoing Spending Review and resou...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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