Question follow-through · 48428

Development Aid: Reviews

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Independent Development Review in the context of changes changes to Official Development Ass

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 28 Apr 2025
Target answer date: 30 Apr 2025
Answer: 6 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

28 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Independent Development Review in the context of changes changes to Official Development Ass
30 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 May 2025
Answer published
The review recommendations are now being considered as part of the Foreign Secretary's wider work to reform the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), including how the FCDO approaches the reduction in the Official Development Assistance bud...

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