Overseas Aid

(asked on 9th June 2021) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the international reputation of the UK of their decision to reduce Official Development Assistance to 0.5 per cent of Gross National Income.


Answered by
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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 23rd June 2021

The UK remains a development superpower. We will spend £10 billion on ODA in 2021. That means, this year (2021) the UK will be the third largest ODA donor in the G7 as a percentage of GNI, based on OECD 2020 data, and will spend a greater percentage of our GNI on ODA than the US, Japan, Canada or Italy. Of the countries that also meet the NATO 2% target, as a percentage of GNI the UK will be the most generous aid spender. Collectively, across aid and defence, the UK will spend £56 billion in 21-22. Even at 0.5% GNI, the UK's 2021 spend is above the preliminary 2020 average of OECD Development Assistance Committee member states - at just 0.41%.

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