Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the practice of other G20 countries using overseas development aid domestically.

No assessment has been made of the potential implications for the Foreign Secretary's policies of the practice of other G20 countries using overseas development aid domestically. The UK's Official Development Assistance (ODA) spend is in line with rules set by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC).