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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Official Development Assistance: Programme Allocations 2024-25

The Minister for Development (Anneliese Dodds)
Labour (Co-op)Oxford East
The FCDO annual report and accounts 2023-24, published in July 2024, set out that the FCDO would provide updates in due course on its 2024-25 official development assistance spending plans.
ODA is central for delivering the Government’s mission to help create a world free from poverty on a liveable planet, working in a modern, genuine partnership with the global south. FCDO’s ODA spending will be used to achieve better development outcomes as part of a coherent international approach, with a strong focus on poverty reduction and accelerating progress on the sustainable development goals. Our approach to development will deliver inclusive growth, tackle the climate crisis and address irregular migration.
Plans to reduce asylum costs are creating more space in the ODA budget to spend on our international development priorities overseas. This is reflected in the FCDO’s ODA programme budget for 2024-25 and 2025-26.
My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary and I are determined that the FCDO’s ODA spending will reach those who need it most, listening to our partners, and focusing on where the UK can have the biggest impact, delivering value for money for the British taxpayer.
Since coming into office, the Foreign Secretary and I have reviewed the FCDO’s ODA plans for the current financial year, 2024-25. Our objective has been to prioritise predictability and stability in budgets after years of turbulence under the previous Government. We have therefore not reduced planned budgets except in relatively few areas where circumstances meant teams were unable to deliver their full budgets, or where some reprioritisation has been required to respond to changes in operating context. With these exceptions, reductions from previously published spending plans identified in the data below are a result of the previous Government’s decisions.
Instead, our focus has been on ensuring any reallocations or increases in spending needed to meet the Government’s commitment to spend 0.5% of GNI on ODA each calendar year have been targeted effectively. For example, we have delivered a major increase of £113m in humanitarian funding for people in Sudan and those who have fled to neighbouring countries, doubling our commitment to Sudan and the region this year.
I would now like to update the House on our indicative 2024-25 ODA spending plans. Due to the dynamic nature of the FCDO’s global work, programme plans are continually reviewed and adjusted in-year. Final out- turn data and future planned allocations will be published in the 2024-25 FCDO annual report and accounts in summer 2025.
FCDO’s 2024-25 ODA Programme Allocations
FCDO ODA (£000)
Regional programmes
Africa
1,545,073
Democratic Republic of the Congo
107,471
Ethiopia
216,900
Ghana and Liberia
16,125
Kenya
79,126
Malawi
50,388
Mozambique
49,207
Nigeria
116,972
Other African countries¹
1,753
Africa Programmes and Expertise Department
138,184
Rwanda
31,238
Sahel, Sudan and South Sudan Department²
102,100
Sierra Leone
29,805
Somalia
142,645
South Africa
14,033
South Sudan
134,125
Sudan
140,315
Tanzania
55,963
Uganda
45,681
Zambia
41,715
Zimbabwe
31,327
Americas
85,955
Brazil
87
Caribbean Development Team
84,000
Colombia
1,295
Other American countries³
573
Overseas Territories
97,633
Overseas Territories
97,633
Europe
31,900
Turkey
18,900
Western Balkans
13,000
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
264,056
Central Asia⁴
12,686
Eastern neighbourhood⁵
14,330
Other eastern European and central Asian countries⁶
290
Ukraine
236,750
Indo Pacific
279,718
Bangladesh
61,200
India
2,000
Indo Pacific Regional Team
43,780
Indonesia
44,771
Myanmar
65,041
Nepal
60,138
Other South Asia Countries⁷
195
Other South East Asia and Pacific Countries⁸
2,593
Middle East and North Africa
852,545
Afghanistan
171,000
Egypt
4,000
Iraq
5,175
Jordan
68,000
Lebanon
56,075
Middle East and North Africa regional team
31,000
Occupied Palestinian Territories
129,000
Pakistan
98,753
Syria
145,542
Yemen
144,000
Regional Programmes Total
3,156,880
Policy priorities, international organisations and humanitarian British investment partnerships
1,147,195
Centre for Delivery
697
Development and open societies
76,328
Trade and economic security
14,426
Economics and evaluation
8,902
Education, gender and equality
499,423
Energy, climate and environment
433,304
Europe
389,000
Health
980,736
Humanitarian, migration and food security
307,436
International finance
999,126
Multilateral and human rights
13,945
Office for Conflict, Stabilisation and Mediation
22,000
Research and evidence
499,356
Policy priorities, international organisations and humanitarian total
5,391,874
Non-departmental public bodies and scholarships total
224,300
BBC World Service total
76,900
Multilateral subscriptions to international organisations total
84,029
Other central programmes total
35,362
Crisis reserve total⁹
15,000
Integrated Security Fund (ISF) total¹⁰
316,135
Total
9,300,480
1. Other African countries includes Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Guinea, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Namibia, Niger, Senegal, Seychelles, and the Gambia.
2. Included in Sahel, Sudan and South Sudan Department are the regional programmes—allocated separately to the country allocations: Sudan; South Sudan.
3. Other American countries includes Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Latin America Department, Network Ops, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uruguay.
4. Central Asia includes Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
5. Eastern neighbourhood includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova.
6. Other eastern European and central Asian countries includes Belarus and regional spend which cannot be attributed to a single country.
7. Other south Asia Countries includes Maldives and Sri Lanka.
8. Other south-east Asia and Pacific countries includes Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Laos, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Tonga, Vietnam and Vanuatu.
9. The crisis reserve for 2024-25 was set at £50 million with £35 million allocated out to the approved countries in-year.
10. From April 2024, CSSF was renamed to the UK Integrated Security Fund (ISF). ISF spend by regional, cross regional and non-discretionary theme is reported in the ISF annual report.
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Official Development Assistance: Programme Allocations 2024-25

The Minister for Development (Anneliese Dodds)

The FCDO annual report and accounts 2023-24, published in July 2024, set out that the FCDO would provide updates in due course on its 2024-25 official development assistance spending plans.

ODA is central for delivering the Government’s mission to help create a world free from poverty on a liveable planet, working in a modern, genuine partnership with the global south. FCDO’s ODA spending will be used to achieve better development outcomes as part of a coherent international approach, with a strong focus on poverty reduction and accelerating progress on the sustainable development goals. Our approach to development will deliver inclusive growth, tackle the climate crisis and address irregular migration.

Plans to reduce asylum costs are creating more space in the ODA budget to spend on our international development priorities overseas. This is reflected in the FCDO’s ODA programme budget for 2024-25 and 2025-26.

My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary and I are determined that the FCDO’s ODA spending will reach those who need it most, listening to our partners, and focusing on where the UK can have the biggest impact, delivering value for money for the British taxpayer.

Since coming into office, the Foreign Secretary and I have reviewed the FCDO’s ODA plans for the current financial year, 2024-25. Our objective has been to prioritise predictability and stability in budgets after years of turbulence under the previous Government. We have therefore not reduced planned budgets except in relatively few areas where circumstances meant teams were unable to deliver their full budgets, or where some reprioritisation has been required to respond to changes in operating context. With these exceptions, reductions from previously published spending plans identified in the data below are a result of the previous Government’s decisions.

Instead, our focus has been on ensuring any reallocations or increases in spending needed to meet the Government’s commitment to spend 0.5% of GNI on ODA each calendar year have been targeted effectively. For example, we have delivered a major increase of £113m in humanitarian funding for people in Sudan and those who have fled to neighbouring countries, doubling our commitment to Sudan and the region this year.

I would now like to update the House on our indicative 2024-25 ODA spending plans. Due to the dynamic nature of the FCDO’s global work, programme plans are continually reviewed and adjusted in-year. Final out- turn data and future planned allocations will be published in the 2024-25 FCDO annual report and accounts in summer 2025.

FCDO’s 2024-25 ODA Programme Allocations

FCDO ODA (£000)

Regional programmes

Africa

1,545,073

Democratic Republic of the Congo

107,471

Ethiopia

216,900

Ghana and Liberia

16,125

Kenya

79,126

Malawi

50,388

Mozambique

49,207

Nigeria

116,972

Other African countries¹

1,753

Africa Programmes and Expertise Department

138,184

Rwanda

31,238

Sahel, Sudan and South Sudan Department²

102,100

Sierra Leone

29,805

Somalia

142,645

South Africa

14,033

South Sudan

134,125

Sudan

140,315

Tanzania

55,963

Uganda

45,681

Zambia

41,715

Zimbabwe

31,327

Americas

85,955

Brazil

Caribbean Development Team

84,000

Colombia

1,295

Other American countries³

573

Overseas Territories

97,633

Overseas Territories

97,633

Europe

31,900

Turkey

18,900

Western Balkans

13,000

Eastern Europe and Central Asia

264,056

Central Asia⁴

12,686

Eastern neighbourhood⁵

14,330

Other eastern European and central Asian countries⁶

290

Ukraine

236,750

Indo Pacific

279,718

Bangladesh

61,200

India

2,000

Indo Pacific Regional Team

43,780

Indonesia

44,771

Myanmar

65,041

Nepal

60,138

Other South Asia Countries⁷

195

Other South East Asia and Pacific Countries⁸

2,593

Middle East and North Africa

852,545

Afghanistan

171,000

Egypt

4,000

Iraq

5,175

Jordan

68,000

Lebanon

56,075

Middle East and North Africa regional team

31,000

Occupied Palestinian Territories

129,000

Pakistan

98,753

Syria

145,542

Yemen

144,000

Regional Programmes Total

3,156,880

Policy priorities, international organisations and humanitarian British investment partnerships

1,147,195

Centre for Delivery

697

Development and open societies

76,328

Trade and economic security

14,426

Economics and evaluation

8,902

Education, gender and equality

499,423

Energy, climate and environment

433,304

Europe

389,000

Health

980,736

Humanitarian, migration and food security

307,436

International finance

999,126

Multilateral and human rights

13,945

Office for Conflict, Stabilisation and Mediation

22,000

Research and evidence

499,356

Policy priorities, international organisations and humanitarian total

5,391,874

Non-departmental public bodies and scholarships total

224,300

BBC World Service total

76,900

Multilateral subscriptions to international organisations total

84,029

Other central programmes total

35,362

Crisis reserve total⁹

15,000

Integrated Security Fund (ISF) total¹⁰

316,135

Total

9,300,480

1. Other African countries includes Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Guinea, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Namibia, Niger, Senegal, Seychelles, and the Gambia.

2. Included in Sahel, Sudan and South Sudan Department are the regional programmes—allocated separately to the country allocations: Sudan; South Sudan.

3. Other American countries includes Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Latin America Department, Network Ops, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uruguay.

4. Central Asia includes Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

5. Eastern neighbourhood includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova.

6. Other eastern European and central Asian countries includes Belarus and regional spend which cannot be attributed to a single country.

7. Other south Asia Countries includes Maldives and Sri Lanka.

8. Other south-east Asia and Pacific countries includes Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Laos, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Tonga, Vietnam and Vanuatu.

9. The crisis reserve for 2024-25 was set at £50 million with £35 million allocated out to the approved countries in-year.

10. From April 2024, CSSF was renamed to the UK Integrated Security Fund (ISF). ISF spend by regional, cross regional and non-discretionary theme is reported in the ISF annual report.

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