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Written question asked by Lord Bates (Conservative) on Wednesday, 17 December 2025, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 5 January 2026. It was answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Labour) on Friday, 9 January 2026 on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Development Aid

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of UK Official Development Assistance was spent in the UK in (1) 2023, (2) 2024, and (3) 2025.

Answer

Data on Official Development Assistance (ODA) spend for 2023 and 2024 is published in Statistics on International Development (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-final-uk-oda-spend-2024), including breakdowns by country, sector, and type of aid.

Table 1 below shows UK ODA funding provided to Sudan through bilateral humanitarian assistance in 2023 and 2024. Table 2 shows ODA spent in the UK in the same years. Figures for 2025 and 2026 will be published in the usual way in due course.

Table 1. Humanitarian ODA to Sudan, 2023 and 2024

2023

£ million

2024

£ million

Humanitarian ODA to Sudan

35.8

121.3

Source: Statistics on International Development: Final UK ODA spend 2024

Table 2. ODA Spent in the UK, 2023 and 2024

2023

% of total UK ODA

2024

% of total UK ODA

In-donor Expenditure [Note 1]

33.3%

26.0%

Note 1. In-donor expenditure includes an estimate of the ODA-eligible part of FCDO's and other departments' administration costs, refugees living in the UK spend, raising development awareness and costs of UK experts and UK scholarships.

Source: Statistics on International Development: Final UK ODA spend 2024.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL13078
Session
2024-26
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Development aid
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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