Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to restore the level of Official Development Assistance to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income.

The Government is committed to returning to spending 0.7 per cent of GNI on official development assistance when the fiscal situation allows. The economic situation is difficult to predict therefore we are monitoring the situation. But the PM, Chancellor and the Foreign Secretary are all in agreement that they want the UK to return to 0.7 as soon as the situation allows. This is reflected in the Integrated Review.