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 effect of the reduction in Official Development Assistance spending on the UK's bilateral relationship with Bolivia.

ODA allocation decisions have been taken by Ministers in line with the objectives set out in the Integrated Review. These took account of a full range of factors, including analysis of impacts on the beneficiaries of UK aid. Ministers considered the impact on people with protected characteristics, including any potential impact on equalities. The UK will continue to act as a global development actor, focused on supporting the world's poorest people, which is a key objective in the UK's diplomatic and development work. We remain committed to protecting human rights, and contributing to a fairer and more prosperous world. Provisional ODA spend for 2020 will be published in the autumn. The UK's ODA spend for 2021, including an activity level dataset, will be published in 2022.