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Effectiveness of UK AID

Status: Closed Opened: 9 Mar 2020 Closed: 2 Oct 2020 12 recommendations 4 conclusions 2 reports

Interim and final Report's published The International Development Committee launched an inquiry into the role of UK aid and the work of the Department for International Development (DFID). The inquiry was aimed at the fundamentals of what UK aid is spent on and who spends it. During this inquiry, the Government merged the FCO and … Show more

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Reports

2 reports
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Fourth Report - Effectiveness of UK aid: potential impact o… HC 596 16 Jul 2020 16 Responded
Second Report - Effectiveness of UK aid: interim findings HC 215 9 Jun 2020 0 —

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
9 Recommendation Fourth Report - Effectiveness of UK aid… Acknowledged

UK aid will increasingly have to balance short term diplomatic needs and initiatives with long...

UK aid will increasingly have to balance short term diplomatic needs and initiatives with long term development objectives. Ultimately, ensuring that UK aid interventions are high quality is crucial to maintaining the UK’s reputation as a top-level development provider, and we are concerned that the FCO’s performance in ICAI reviews … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government states it strives to ensure all programming is effective and meets ICAI standards of 'green/amber' where applicable, affirming its commitment to improving the effectiveness of UK aid. However, it does not commit to setting a formal target for this achievement within the specified …
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Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Oral evidence sessions

2 sessions
Date Witnesses
28 Apr 2020 Joelle Jenny · Cabinet Secretariat, Nick Dyer · Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office, Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Rt Hon James Cleverly View ↗
17 Mar 2020 Emma Mawdsley · University of Cambridge, Ian Mitchell · Centre for Global Development, James Rogers · Henry Jackson Society, Tamsyn Barton · Independent Commission for Aid Impact View ↗

Who gave evidence

8 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Emma Mawdsley · Vice-Principal, Fellow, Newham College University of Cambridge 1
Ian Mitchell · Co-Director, Europe and Senior Policy Fellow Centre for Global Development 1
James Rogers · Directory of the Society's Global Britain Program… Henry Jackson Society 1
Joelle Jenny · Director of Joint Funds Unit Cabinet Secretariat 1
Nick Dyer · Second Permanent Under-Secretary Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office 1
Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan — 1
Rt Hon James Cleverly — 1
Tamsyn Barton · Chief Commissioner Independent Commission for Aid Impact 1

Correspondence

10 letters
DateDirectionTitle
22 Sep 2020 — Correspondence from the Foreign Secretary to the Chair, concerning the creation…
10 Jul 2020 — Correspondence from the Deputy National Security Adviser, 10 Downing Street to …
10 Jul 2020 — Correspondence to the Prime Minister from the Chair's of the Defence, Foreign A…
10 Jul 2020 — Correspondence from the Deputy National Security Adviser to the International D…
2 Jul 2020 To cttee Correspondence following Chair's letter from the Secretary of State for Interna…
2 Jul 2020 — Correspondence from the Secretary of State for International Development and Fo…
2 Jul 2020 — Correspondence from the Chair to the Secretary of State for International Devel…
19 May 2020 — Correspondence from the Director, Joint Funds Unit, relating to follow-up on th…
19 May 2020 — Correspondence from the Secretary of State, relating to follow-up to the Effect…
26 Mar 2020 — Correspondence from the Prime Minister, second reply, concerning the Integrated…