Question follow-through · 43236
Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has instructed Official Development Assistance programme teams to pause new (a) business cases, (b) contracts, and (c) funding for programmes supporting women, pea
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 1 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 17 Apr 2025 · 16 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has instructed Official Development Assistance programme teams to pause new (a) business cases, (b) contracts, and (c) funding for programmes supporting women, pea
3 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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17 Apr 2025
Answer published
The transition to spending 0.3 per cent of gross national income on Official Development Assistance (ODA) demands significant shifts in the scale and shape of our ODA spending. To enable us to deliver this change effectively, we are prioritising meeting l...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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