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Recommendation 17
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The Department should also publish a comprehensive supply chain review of Newton Fund-supported projects in...
Conclusion
The Department should also publish a comprehensive supply chain review of Newton Fund-supported projects in China and provide the Committee with a full list of the organisations it works with in administering the Newton Fund and the sums of money involved. (Paragraph 75) 26 Uyghur forced labour in Xinjiang and UK value chains
Government Response
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HM Government
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The Department agrees that there is a need for greater transparency in the use of BEIS Newton funds in China and elsewhere. To support this, BEIS is introducing a new digital data submission tool for Newton Fund partner organisations to report expenditure delivering the department’s ODA programme activities. This will provide detail of the individual grants, awards or projects funded by partner organisations, usually to research organisations, such as universities. BEIS is not a grant administrator; BEIS allocates a budget to UK partner organisations (including UKRI and the national academies), who are experts in research subject matter and grant administration, to commission delivery of Newton funded research programmes. Partner organisations implement, monitor and report on delivery throughout the programme lifecycle. BEIS is continually working with partner organisations to enhance and assure the completeness, accuracy and consistency of ODA data received from partner organisations.