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Development Aid: Poverty

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Question for Department for International Development

UIN 221010, tabled on 13 February 2019

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Labour
Slough
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of UK aid is committed to poverty reduction overseas.

Answer

Harriett Baldwin
Conservative
West Worcestershire
Commons

Answered on

18 February 2019

All UK Aid aims to support delivery of the UN’s Global Goals, end extreme poverty, promote the economic development and welfare of developing countries and is spent in line with the OECD DAC guidelines on what constitutes Official Development Assistance.

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Department for International Development
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