Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of using gross national income forecasts to determine future levels of Official Development Assistance.

To enable the government to invest more in security and defence, while remaining committed to our fiscal rules, the Prime Minister has taken the difficult decision to reduce Official Development Assistance (ODA) to the equivalent of 0.3% of GNI by 2027. Following the Spending Review, financial year ODA Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) totals will no longer be adjusted for Gross National Income fluctuations to improve budget stability. The government remains committed to international development and to returning ODA to 0.7% of GNI when the fiscal circumstances allow.