Written Question
Friday 9th January 2026
Asked by:
Lord Bates (Conservative - Life peer)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of UK Official Development Assistance was spent in the UK in (1) 2023, (2) 2024, and (3) 2025.
Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington
- Minister of State (Development)
Data on Official Development Assistance (ODA) spend for 2023 and 2024 is published in Statistics on International Development (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-final-uk-oda-spend-2024), including breakdowns by country, sector, and type of aid.
Table 1 below shows UK ODA funding provided to Sudan through bilateral humanitarian assistance in 2023 and 2024. Table 2 shows ODA spent in the UK in the same years. Figures for 2025 and 2026 will be published in the usual way in due course.
Table 1. Humanitarian ODA to Sudan, 2023 and 2024
| | 2023£ million | 2024£ million |
Humanitarian ODA to Sudan | 35.8 | 121.3 |
Source: Statistics on International Development: Final UK ODA spend 2024
Table 2. ODA Spent in the UK, 2023 and 2024
| | 2023% of total UK ODA | 2024% of total UK ODA |
In-donor Expenditure [Note 1] | 33.3% | 26.0% |
Note 1. In-donor expenditure includes an estimate of the ODA-eligible part of FCDO's and other departments' administration costs, refugees living in the UK spend, raising development awareness and costs of UK experts and UK scholarships.
Source: Statistics on International Development: Final UK ODA spend 2024.
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6 Jan 2026 - Sentencing Bill -
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Lord Bates (Con) voted Aye
- in line with the party majority
and against the House
One of
122 Conservative Aye votes vs
0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 134 Noes - 185
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6 Jan 2026 - Sentencing Bill -
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Lord Bates (Con) voted Aye
- in line with the party majority
and against the House
One of
163 Conservative Aye votes vs
0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 180 Noes - 219
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6 Jan 2026 - Sentencing Bill -
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Lord Bates (Con) voted Aye
- in line with the party majority
and against the House
One of
157 Conservative Aye votes vs
0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 182 Noes - 209
Division Vote (Lords)
6 Jan 2026 - Sentencing Bill -
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Lord Bates (Con) voted Aye
- in line with the party majority
and in line with the House
One of
126 Conservative Aye votes vs
0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 204 Noes - 136
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5 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill -
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Lord Bates (Con) voted Aye
- in line with the party majority
and against the House
One of
149 Conservative Aye votes vs
0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 168 Noes - 178
Division Vote (Lords)
5 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill -
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Lord Bates (Con) voted Aye
- in line with the party majority
and in line with the House
One of
101 Conservative Aye votes vs
0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 132 Noes - 124
Division Vote (Lords)
5 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill -
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Lord Bates (Con) voted Aye
- in line with the party majority
and in line with the House
One of
138 Conservative Aye votes vs
0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 194 Noes - 130
Division Vote (Lords)
5 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill -
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Lord Bates (Con) voted Aye
- in line with the party majority
and in line with the House
One of
148 Conservative Aye votes vs
0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 210 Noes - 131
Division Vote (Lords)
5 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill -
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Lord Bates (Con) voted Aye
- in line with the party majority
and in line with the House
One of
82 Conservative Aye votes vs
0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 131 Noes - 127