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<p>As a Member State, the UK spent approximately 10% of our Official Development Assistance
(ODA) through the EU each year. Going forward we will be able to make our own decisions
about where, when and how we invest that money. The UK will continue to play a leading
role in tackling global development challenges in support of the national interest.</p><p>Under
the Withdrawal Agreement the UK will honour its share of commitments made to the EU
budget and off-budget funds during the period of our membership. For DFID, this means
that we will meet our commitments to EU development programmes approved by 31 December
2020 until their closure. As these are multi-year programmes, this will result in
a declining spending tail of ODA contributions that we expect to run until 2027.</p><p>Ministers
will take decisions on reallocating ODA funding through normal departmental processes
and DFID’s bid to the Spending Review, in line with the conclusions of the Integrated
Review.</p>
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