Question follow-through · 41579
Development Aid: Reviews
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress he has made on the Development Review; and how he plans to use that review to inform the planned reduction in UK aid spending.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 26 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 4 Apr 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
26 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress he has made on the Development Review; and how he plans to use that review to inform the planned reduction in UK aid spending.
28 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Development Review considered how to maximise the UK's combined diplomatic and development expertise in its international development work. Reducing the overall size of our Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget will necessarily have an impact o...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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