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Developing Countries

Asked by Monica HardingLiberal DemocratForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 24 March 2025UIN 37854

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his Department's top development priorities are.

Answered by Stephen Doughty

The UK remains committed to investing internationally to build a safer world. Reducing the overall size of our Official Development Assistance budget will necessarily have an impact on the scale and shape of the work we do. We will set out how our spending plans deliver on our priorities following the completion of the Spending Review and departmental resource allocation processes.

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