Overview

This bill amends the International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015 to change the reporting period for official development assistance (ODA) from annual to five-yearly. This simplifies reporting and focuses on longer-term trends in aid spending.

Description

The bill alters the 2015 Act to replace annual reporting requirements with five-year reporting cycles. Specifically, it changes the reporting period for ODA from each calendar year to a five-year period (2018/19 to 2022/23 and subsequent five-year periods). This affects several sections of the 2015 Act, including those detailing the reporting process and the timing of reports to Parliament.

Key Changes:

• Section 1: Replaces references to “annual” reports and “calendar year” with “five-year period”.
• Section 2: Updates reporting deadlines to align with the new five-year cycle and removes redundant subsections.
• Section 5: Changes references to “annual” to “five-year” in relation to reporting.

The bill ensures that the overall reporting framework for ODA remains intact, simply altering the frequency of reports.

Government Spending

This bill does not directly impact government spending on ODA. It only changes the reporting schedule, not the amount of aid provided.

Groups Affected

The main groups affected are:

• Parliament: Receives reports on ODA spending less frequently.
• Government departments involved in ODA: Will need to adapt their reporting processes to the new five-year cycle.
• Organizations involved in ODA: Might see changes in their reporting requirements to align with the government's reporting framework.
• Researchers and the public: Will have access to ODA data less frequently but will receive a more comprehensive overview of ODA trends over a longer time horizon.

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