Department for Work and Pensions: Development Aid

(asked on 21st October 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total Official Development Assistance (ODA) expenditure by the Department for Work and Pensions was in financial year 2025/26; and if they will provide a table detailing the specific programme names, budget line items, and individual spending figures for that period.


Answered by
Lilian Greenwood Portrait
Lilian Greenwood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 2nd November 2026

The Department's Official Development Assistance (ODA) spend for each calendar year is published as part of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Offices (FCDO) Statistics on International Development publication. The 2025 calendar year final publication can be found here: Statistics on International Development: final UK ODA spend 2025 - GOV.UK.

DWPs ODA spend for the calendar year 2025 can be found: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6adf3a71b62d80a107bc5ceb/Standard-tables-Statistics-on-International-Development-final-UK-ODA-spend-2025.ods.

DWPs ODA spend for the calendar year 2026 will be made available as part of the FCDO's Provisional Statistics on International Development 2026 calendar year publication in 2027.

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