Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if her Department will review its decision in 2012 to end its involvement in the Bost Agri project; and if she will make an assessment of any lessons to be learned from that decision and its consequences.

There are no plans to review the decision to end DFID's involvement in the Bost Agricultural Park project.

The Bost industrial business park proposal was originally approved by officials in 2009 at a time when Ministers did not approve spend under £40m.

In 2012 it became clear that the project could no longer be completed within the original timeframe and in good order. To avoid wasting taxpayers' money I decided that UK funding for the project should be cancelled. Ministerial oversight has since been strengthened and all programmes worth over £5m are signed off by Ministers.