Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the (a) £1 billion in 2022-23 and (b) £1.5 billion in 2023-24 allocated from Treasury reserves to fund asylum processing and refugee hosting costs will be reported as Official Development Assistance as a (i) gross figure, (ii) proportion of the £2.5 billion allocation and (c) proportion of eligible Official Development Assistance costs.

Over the past 12 months the government has acted decisively and compassionately to support the people of Ukraine and Afghanistan to escape oppression and conflict and find refuge in the UK. The government is providing additional resources of £1 billion in 2022-24 and £1.5 billion in 2023-24 to help meet the significant and unanticipated costs which have been incurred. These additional resources are all Official Development Assistance (ODA).

Funding will be provided through the Reserve and has not yet been allocated to departments; final allocations will be made through the Estimates process.

The UK’s ODA spending will be reported in the annual Statistics on International Development publication.