Select Committee · International Development Committee
Future of UK aid
Status: Closed
Opened: 19 Jan 2021
Closed: 23 May 2024
The International Development Committee conducting ongoing scrutiny work into the changes to the aid budget. Work in this area including the scrutiny of the cut from spending 0.7% to 0.5% of UK GNI on ODA, the merger of the FCO and DFID and the conclusions of the Integrated Review. This work also considered ongoing implementation … Show more
Oral evidence sessions
| Date | Witnesses | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Jun 2023 | Nick Dyer · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Rt Hon James Cleverly · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office | View ↗ |
| 6 Dec 2022 | Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office | View ↗ |
| 18 May 2022 | Nick Dyer · Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office, Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office | View ↗ |
| 22 Mar 2022 | George Graham · Humanity & Inclusion UK, Hannah Loryman · Sightsavers, Katherine Nightingale · CARE International UK, Kathleen Spencer-Chapman · Plan International UK, Naomi Gokwat · Women for Women International | View ↗ |
| 2 Nov 2021 | Ian Mitchell · Centre for Global Development, Mark Miller · Overseas Development Institute, Romilly Greenhill · Bond | View ↗ |
| 22 Apr 2021 | Rt Hon Dominic Raab · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office | View ↗ |
| 13 Apr 2021 | Laurie Lee · CARE International UK, Lewis Brooks · Saferworld, Professor Melissa Leach · Institute of Development Studies | View ↗ |
| 26 Jan 2021 | Rt Hon Dominic Raab · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office | View ↗ |
Who gave evidence
| Witness | Organisation | Sessions |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE · Permanent Under-Secretary | Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office | 4 |
| Rt Hon Dominic Raab · First Secretary of State and Secretary of State f… | Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office | 2 |
| George Graham · Chief Executive | Humanity & Inclusion UK | 1 |
| Hannah Loryman · Head of Policy | Sightsavers | 1 |
| Ian Mitchell · Co-Director, Europe and Senior Policy Fellow | Centre for Global Development | 1 |
| Katherine Nightingale · Head, Advocacy and Policy Team | CARE International UK | 1 |
| Kathleen Spencer-Chapman · Head of Policy, Advocacy and Research | Plan International UK | 1 |
| Laurie Lee · Chief Executive Officer | CARE International UK | 1 |
| Lewis Brooks · UK Policy and Advocacy co-ordinator | Saferworld | 1 |
| Mark Miller · Director of Programme - Development and Public Fi… | Overseas Development Institute | 1 |
| Naomi Gokwat · Programme Coordinator for Nigeria | Women for Women International | 1 |
| Nick Dyer · Director General Humanitarian and Development | Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office | 1 |
| Nick Dyer · Second Permanent Under-Secretary | Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office | 1 |
| Professor Melissa Leach · Director | Institute of Development Studies | 1 |
| Romilly Greenhill · Chief Executive Officer | Bond | 1 |
| Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell · Minister of State | Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office | 1 |
| Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss · Secretary of State | Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office | 1 |
| Rt Hon James Cleverly · Secretary of State | Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office | 1 |
Correspondence
| Date | Direction | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Feb 2024 | — | Correspondence to the Minister for Development & Africa & Permanent and Second … |
| 27 Feb 2024 | — | Correspondence from the Minister for Development & Africa & Permanent and Secon… |
| 10 Jan 2024 | — | Correspondence from the Minister for Development & Africa relating to the FCDO … |
| 10 Jan 2024 | — | Correspondence from the Minister for Development & Africa relating to an update… |
| 19 Dec 2023 | — | Correspondence from Foreign Secretary regarding Committee's letter of congratul… |
| 17 Nov 2023 | — | Correspondence from the Minister for Development & Africa regarding the Equalit… |
| 17 Nov 2023 | — | Correspondence to the Foreign Secretary regarding his appointment - 17 November… |
| 18 Oct 2023 | — | Correspondence to the Minister for Development and Africa regarding the Interna… |
| 1 Aug 2023 | — | Correspondence from the Minister for Development and Africa regarding ODA progr… |
| 23 May 2023 | — | Correspondence from the Minister for Development and Africa regarding The futur… |
| 15 Nov 2022 | To cttee | Letter from the Minister for Development regarding the Global Fund - 14 Novembe… |
| 1 Nov 2022 | To cttee | Letter from the Minister for Development regarding Extension of pause on non-es… |
| 17 Oct 2022 | To cttee | Letter from the Minister for Development regarding the extension of pause on no… |
| 8 Sep 2022 | From cttee | Letter to the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affa… |
| 8 Sep 2022 | From cttee | Letter to the Minister for Development regarding her appointment - 7 September … |
| 24 May 2022 | To cttee | Letter from the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Af… |
| 26 Apr 2022 | To cttee | Letter from the Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and D… |
| 26 Apr 2022 | To cttee | Letter from the Minister for Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean regarding … |
| 29 Mar 2022 | To cttee | Letter from the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Af… |
| 8 Mar 2022 | — | All collected correspondence with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwea… |