{"value":{"id":1807976,"askingMemberId":172,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-06-02T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-06-04T00:00:00","uin":"56143","questionText":"To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding has been transferred from the aid budget to the defence budget.","answeringBodyId":14,"answeringBodyName":"Treasury","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4621,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-06-10T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>In February this year, the Prime Minister announced that NATO qualifying defence spending will increase to 2.5% GDP by 2027-28. It will be fully funded by reducing Official Development Assistance (ODA) from 0.5% to 0.3% GNI by the same year. Further details of cash terms savings from reducing ODA can be found in the Spring Statement 2025 document here:</p><p> </p><p><a href=\"https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67e3ec2df356a2dc0e39b488/E03274109_HMT_Spring_Statement_Mar_25_Web_Accessible_.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">CP1298 – Spring Statement 2025</a></p><p> </p><p>Individual departmental budgets will be confirmed at the conclusion of the spending review on 11 June.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Defence: Finance","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1807976","method":"GET"}]}