Select Committee · International Development Committee

Future of UK aid and development assistance

Status: Open Opened: 15 Sep 2025 13 recommendations 14 conclusions 2 reports

A new inquiry into the future of the UK’s international aid and development assistance programmes has been launched by the International Development Committee. It will examine how the UK can continue to deliver high impact international aid and development assistance in the face of a 40% budget cut as the Government seeks to fund increased …

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Reports

2 reports
Title HC No. Published Items Response
11th Report - UK Aid and Development Assistance in a Fractu… HC 1835 28 Apr 2026 4 Pending
9th Report - Future of UK aid and development assistance: i… HC 1330 5 Feb 2026 23 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
13 Recommendation 9th Report - Future of UK aid and devel… Not Addressed

Provide details on prioritising poverty reduction during FCDO departmental restructuring.

We request that, in its response to this report, the Government provides details on how it intends to prioritise poverty reduction as it restructures the department. (Recommendation, Paragraph 30)

Government response. The FCDO is committed to ensuring it has the development capability and technical expertise needed, and is implementing a new Capability Framework and developing a Workforce Strategy.

Oral evidence sessions

4 sessions
Date Witnesses
24 Mar 2026 Melinda Bohannon · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Nick Dyer · Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office, Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, The Rt Hon. the Baroness Chapman of Darlington · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office View ↗
27 Jan 2026 Bel Trew · The Independent, Chido Govera · Future of Hope Foundation (Zimbabwe), Finian Ali · Scaling Up Nutrition Network (Nigeria), Jennifer Hudson · Development Engagement Lab, Luke Tryl · More in Common, Sapphire Alexander · Caribbean Feminist (Trinidad and Tobago) View ↗
20 Jan 2026 Melinda Bohannon · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, The Rt Hon. the Baroness Chapman of Darlington · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office View ↗
25 Nov 2025 Freddie Carver · ODI Global, Gideon Rabinowitz · Bond, Lois Austin · Public and Commercial Services (PCS) trade union, Martin John · Public and Commercial Services (PCS) trade union, Ms Anna Schuesterl · ODI Global, Professor Emma Mawdsley · University of Cambridge View ↗

Correspondence

3 letters
DateDirectionTitle
24 Mar 2026 Correspondence to the Minister of State for International Development & Africa …
24 Mar 2026 Correspondence from the Minister of State for International Development & Afric…
24 Mar 2026 Correspondence from the Minister of State for International Development & Afric…