Question follow-through · 906057
Afghanistan: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of reductions to Official Development Assistance spending on women and girls in Afghanistan.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 22 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 28 Oct 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of reductions to Official Development Assistance spending on women and girls in Afghanistan.
28 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Oct 2025
Answer published
With £151 million allocated this year, Afghanistan remains one of the UK’s largest bilateral aid programmes. We aim for women and girls to make up at least 50% of those reached, and continually assess programme effectiveness to support that goal. We regul...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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