Government Departments: Overseas Aid

(asked on 21st October 2020) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2020 to Question 82256 on Government Departments: Overseas Aid, whether he currently has final sign-off of Official Development Assistance spending proposed by other Government Departments.


Answered by
James Cleverly Portrait
James Cleverly
Home Secretary
This question was answered on 2nd November 2020

As with all public expenditure, HM Treasury allocates ODA funding to departments at each Spending Review. Final sign off of ODA spent through other Government departments rests with the Secretaries of State of those departments. The FCDO will continue to work closely with HM Treasury on overall effectiveness of ODA across Government.

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