Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans the Department for International Development has to (1) put greater emphasis on problems identified during the annual reporting process, (2) ensure that greater scrutiny is given to the work of consultancy companies and local contractors, (3) give greater priority to monitoring local progress and quality delivery on the ground, and (4) give greater weight to concerns expressed by Pakistanis working on the ground in rural areas of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in future programmes.

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.