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World Food Programme: Development Aid

Asked by Sir James CleverlyConservativeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 11 April 2025UIN 43949

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance was allocated to the World Food Programme in each of the last five financial years.

Answered by Stephen Doughty

Headline Measure of ODA to WFP:

Year

ODA (£1,000s)

2019

512,497

2020

484,031

2021

205,729

2022

207,877

2023

172,325

The Statistics on International Development (SID) National Statistics report, published on the gov.uk website, provides an overview of all official UK spend on Official Development Assistance (ODA). ODA is an international measure and is collected and reported on a calendar year basis. Final UK ODA figures for 2024 will be published in Autumn 2025, via Statistics on International Development: Final UK Aid Spend 2024.

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