Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the target of spending 0.7% of GDP on Official Development Assistance.

The government's commitment to returning Official Development Assistance (ODA) spending to 0.7% of Gross National Income (GNI) once the fiscal situation allows is well established: when, on a sustainable basis, the government is no longer borrowing for day-to-day spending and underlying debt is falling. MPs voted in support of this approach in July 2021. ODA spending will remain at around 0.5% of GNI until these fiscal principles have been met.