Question follow-through · 53623
Voluntary Service Overseas: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of planned reductions in spending on official development assistance on funding for Voluntary Service Overseas.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 20 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 3 Jun 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of planned reductions in spending on official development assistance on funding for Voluntary Service Overseas.
3 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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3 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Prime Minister has set out a new strategic vision for government spending on defence and security, and Official Development Assistance (ODA). Decisions on how the ODA budget will be used are being worked through as part of the ongoing Spending Review,...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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