Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Overseas Aid

(asked on 15th June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department's share of the Official Development Assistance budget will be reduced in the event of a decrease in GNI.


Answered by
Nadhim Zahawi Portrait
Nadhim Zahawi
This question was answered on 23rd June 2020

The UK has a legal commitment to spend 0.7% of its gross national income (GNI) each year on Official Development Assistance (ODA). HM Treasury allocates ODA budgets to Departments and is responsible for decisions on changes to these budgets.

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