Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the new transparency and accountability framework, <i>The European Union International Cooperation and Development Results Framework</i>.

The UK strongly welcomes the publication of the EU Results Framework. This will provide much needed accountability and transparency for EU taxpayers, and has the potential to transform EU development spending – allowing programmes to deliver much better value for money and development results.

The attachment ‘Explanatory Memorandum, Launching the EU International Cooperation and Development Results Framework’ contains detail on the UK position on the Staff Working Document, which can also be found online at: http://europeanmemoranda.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/memorandum/commission-staff-working-document-launching-the-eu-international-cooperation-development-results-framework.