Asked by: Dominic Raab (Conservative - Esher and Walton)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to improve value for money in her Department's expenditure.
Answered by Priti Patel - Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Value for money is not just a matter for those who ultimately foot the bill for our aid budget – British taxpayers. Given the lifesaving work UK aid does across the globe, driving value for money also means that fewer lives are wasted to the scourge of poverty and disease. Driving the very best results for our money is therefore as much about helping the poorest as it is for justifying spending to those paying for it.
Asked by: Dominic Raab (Conservative - Esher and Walton)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department has provided for (a) disaster relief, (b) schemes which provide clean water and (c) vaccinations and inoculation against preventable diseases in each of the last five years; and how such funding is expressed as a proportion of her Department's total budget.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
The Department for International Development (DFID) reports its total spend and spend by sector in the annual report that is published in June every year. This report is available online from our website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014.
DFID’s expenditure on disaster relief is reported under humanitarian assistance. DFID reports expenditure on clean water under water supply and sanitation as the majority of our programmes address these together, recognising that both are important for improving public health.
Asked by: Dominic Raab (Conservative - Esher and Walton)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department's (a) direct and (b) indirect spending on procurement was with companies defined as micro businesses according to the definition given by the Annex to the European Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 for each of the last five years.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
DFID does not record information on the classifications of business below the overall category ‘small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SME’s) therefore we cannot respond to the level of detail you have specified.
Asked by: Dominic Raab (Conservative - Esher and Walton)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department's direct spending on procurement was with companies defined as small businesses according to the definition given by the Annex to the European Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 for each of the last five years.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
DFID does not record information on the classifications of business below the overall category ‘small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SME’s) therefore we cannot respond to the level of detail you have specified.