Select Committee · International Development Committee
Future of UK aid: reductions to the aid budget
Status: Closed
Opened: 24 Nov 2020
Closed: 8 Dec 2020
As part of the Spending Review, the Chancellor announced a reduction of the UK’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) spending from 0.7% to 0.5% of GNI from 2021. In real terms, this will shrink the UK’s aid budget by one third compared to 2019 levels. The Government has also announced that it intends to legislate for …
Oral evidence sessions
| Date | Witnesses | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Dec 2020 | Alan Mendoza · Henry Jackson Society, Harpinder Collacott · Development Initiatives, Ian Mitchell · Centre for Global Development, Mark Miller · Overseas Development Institute, Romilly Greenhill · Bond, Simon Starling · Bond | View ↗ |
Correspondence
| Date | Direction | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Dec 2020 | From cttee | Letter to the Foreign Secretary regarding Future of UK aid and reductions to th… |
| 15 Dec 2020 | To cttee | Letter from the Foreign Secretary regarding Official Development Assistance (OD… |
| 10 Dec 2020 | To cttee | Letter from the Leader of the House to the Chairs of the International Developm… |
| 10 Dec 2020 | To cttee | Letter from the Leader of the House to the Chair of the International Developme… |