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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-09-15more like thismore than 2015-09-15
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HM Treasury more like this
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name CaTreasury more like this
hansard heading Public Expenditure more like this
house id 1 more like this
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what definition of gross national income he uses to calculate spending towards the Government's targets of (a) 0.7 per cent spending on overseas development aid and (b) two per cent spending on defence. more like this
tabling member constituency Glasgow North more like this
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Patrick Grady more like this
uin 10252 more like this
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is ministerial correction false remove filter
date of answer less than 2015-10-12more like thismore than 2015-10-12
answer text <p>A) The UK Government plans its spending on official development assistance (ODA) using independent GNI estimates published by the ONS and forecasts published by OBR at that time. The official definition of GNI used to calculate spend on ODA is as follows: Gross national income (at market prices) represents total primary income receivable by resident institutional units: compensation of employees, taxes on production and imports less subsidies, property income (receivable less payable), gross operating surplus and gross mixed income. B) Spending on defence is measured against GDP based on figures published by the OECD.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham more like this
answering member printed Greg Hands more like this
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label Biography information for Greg Hands more like this
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label Biography information for Patrick Grady remove filter