Department of Health and Social Care: Overseas Aid
(asked on 16th June 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department's share of the Official Development Assistance will be reduced in the event of a decrease in GNI.
This question was answered on 21st July 2020
The United Kingdom has a legal commitment to spend 0.7% of its gross national income each year on Official Development Assistance (ODA). Since this commitment is linked to the size of the economy, the level of ODA spend is likely to decrease this year. HM Treasury allocates ODA budgets to departments and is responsible for decisions on changes to these.