Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations her Department has made to the OECD on changing the definition of Official Development Assistance.

The UK has been at the forefront of work to reform the ODA system which was originally established over 40 years ago.

As a member of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), the UK engaged fully at official and ministerial level in the process to bring about an agreement for a definition change.

The changes were agreed at a High Level Meeting (18-19 February 2016) of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC), which concluded a 4-year process to update the rules on ODA.