China: Development Aid

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office written question – answered at on 11 November 2024.

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Photo of James McMurdock James McMurdock Reform UK, South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much aid his Department has provided to China in the last five years.

Photo of Catherine West Catherine West Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Between 2019 and 2023, total Official Development Assistance (ODA) spend to China was £206.2 million, including on Chevening scholarships and British Council activity. In April 2021, the FCDO committed to cut ODA funded programmes in China by 95 per cent from the 2021-22 financial year. No funding goes to the Chinese authorities.

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