Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade: Development Aid

(asked on 21st October 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what the total Official Development Assistance expenditure by the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade was in financial year 2025/26; and if they will provide a table detailing the specific programme names, budget line items, and individual spending figures for that period.


Answered by
Kate Dearden Portrait
Kate Dearden
Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)
This question was answered on 30th October 2026

Official Development Assistance (ODA) expenditure is reported on a calendar year rather than financial year basis. There was no ODA expenditure by the former Department for Business and Trade in 2025. The former Department for Science, Innovation and Technology reported preliminary ODA expenditure of £199.0 million for 2025 in its 2025/26 Annual Report and Accounts. The final figure, including analysis of spend, was published by the FCDO in September 2026 here: Statistics on International Development.

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