Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Independent Commission for Aid Impact report, Management of the 0.7% ODA spending target in 2020, published 20 May 2021, which GNI forecasts and outturn data are used to inform decision making on Official Development Assistance by his Department.

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) consider a range of economic data, where suitable, including but not limited to, GNI forecasts from the Office for Budgetary Responsibility and GNI outturn data from the Office for National Statistics when making decisions on Official Development Assistance.