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Development Aid: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has produced an impact assessment on the potential impact of reductions in UK Official Development Assistance spending on international programmes that support wom

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 4 Jun 2025
Target answer date: 9 Jun 2025
Answer: 18 Jun 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

4 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has produced an impact assessment on the potential impact of reductions in UK Official Development Assistance spending on international programmes that support wom
9 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Jun 2025
Answer published
The UK remains committed to empowering women and girls around the world through our international work. We recognise that supporting women and girls is essential for development and we will continue to do so by using our voice to be a champion for women a...

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