Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department has allocated to evaluation of its Economic Development Strategy.

Regular monitoring to ensure value for money is embedded within all DFID’s economic development programmes; evaluations of programme effectiveness are commissioned where appropriate. Funding for these activities is allocated within each individual programme budget.

DFID uses a range of instruments to deliver the Economic Development Strategy; while programme design is based on an assessment of need and context. In addition, we centrally monitor all economic development spending to enhance portfolio coherence.