Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Public Expenditure

(asked on 21st July 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that part of the budget of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is ring-fenced for the provision of international aid.


Answered by
Baroness Sugg Portrait
Baroness Sugg
This question was answered on 3rd August 2020

We will continue to look at how this money can be spent most effectively in our national interest, including through the Integrated Review – which will inform the priorities of the new Department. Development spending will remain central to the new department’s mission. Our commitment to spending 0.7 percent of our national income on aid is enshrined in law and we will continue to be guided by our responsibilities under the International Development Act, including a commitment to poverty reduction.

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