Question follow-through · 49367

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is considering amending existing (a) commitments and (b) financial pledges when determining budgets for (i) this financial year and (ii) 2026-27.

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 30 Apr 2025
Target answer date: 6 May 2025
Answer: 12 May 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

30 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is considering amending existing (a) commitments and (b) financial pledges when determining budgets for (i) this financial year and (ii) 2026-27.
6 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 May 2025
Answer published
To enable us to deliver the transition to spending 0.3 per cent of Gross National Income on Official Development Assistance (ODA) effectively, in 2025/26 we are prioritising meeting legally binding commitments and delivering work already underway, as well...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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