Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to mitigate the impact on the most vulnerable children globally of the cuts to the official development assistance budget.

The Prime Minister has set out a new strategic vision for government spending on defence and security and Official Development Assistance (ODA). Detailed decisions on how the ODA budget will be used will be worked through as part of the ongoing Spending Review based on various factors including impact assessments.