Subject	Predicate	Object
44p35owr	a	Resource
		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	XOXJH8aM
	answer has answering person	Hilary James Benn
	answer text	The UK is on track to meet the target of spending 0.7 per cent. of gross national income (GNI) on official development assistance (oda) by 2013. Total net oda from the UK to developing countries was £4.3 billion in 2004 which represented 0.36 per cent. of GNI. In the Spending Review 2004, the Chancellor announced that total UK oda will reach nearly £6.5 billion a year by 2007–08. This represents 0.47 per cent. of GNI, and is a real terms increase in UK oda of 140 per cent. since 1997. He also stated that the Government wishes to maintain these rates of growth in the overseas aid budget in order to meet the UN target by 2013.
	answer given date	2005-11-29
	answer has answering body	Department for International Development
	written answer has answering body	Department for International Development
Department for International Development	answering body has written answer	44p35owr
Department for International Development	answering body has answer	44p35owr
XOXJH8aM	question has answer	44p35owr
Hilary James Benn	answering person has answer	44p35owr