Question follow-through · 51382

Development Aid: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to make an assessment of the impact of Official Development Assistance reductions on women and girls before decisions on reductions are made.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 12 May 2025
Target answer date: 14 May 2025
Answer: 19 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

12 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to make an assessment of the impact of Official Development Assistance reductions on women and girls before decisions on reductions are made.
14 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 May 2025
Answer published
Decisions on how the Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget will be used are being worked through as part of the ongoing Spending Review, based on various factors including impact assessments. Equality Impact Assessments - which consider impacts on ...

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