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Development Aid

Asked by Gareth ThomasLabour (Co-op)Foreign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 21 January 2026UIN 105622

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate she has made of what the percentage of gross national income spent on overseas aid will be at the end of the current spending review period.

Answered by Chris Elmore

As things stand, and in line with the Government's stated policies, we expect spending on Official Development Assistance to be at 0.3 per cent of gross national income in the 2027 calendar year, and stay at that level until fiscal circumstances allow the UK to return to the 0.7 per cent target.

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