Overseas Aid
(asked on 30th January 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the sustainability of the Government's target to spend 0.7 percent of GDP on Official Development Assistance.
This question was answered on 4th February 2019
The commitment to spend 0.7 per cent of our Gross National Income on aid is enshrined in law. The Government’s commitment was reaffirmed by the Prime Minister on her recent visit to Africa and subsequently by the Secretary of State in the House of Commons.