Question follow-through · 26231
Defence: Development Aid
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 20 April 2026 to question 124889 on Defence: Development Aid, whether it remains his policy to spend 100 percent of the reduction in the Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget on defe
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 1 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 4 Sept 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
1 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 20 April 2026 to question 124889 on Defence: Development Aid, whether it remains his policy to spend 100 percent of the reduction in the Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget on defe
4 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Sept 2026
Answer published
100 percent of the reduction in the Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget will be spent on defence in all of the years referenced.
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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4 Sept 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Defence funding update (HCWS165), published on 30 June 2026, what is the breakdown of the £10.3 billion identified broken down by each department.
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