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Written question asked by Lord Hague of Richmond (Conservative) on Tuesday, 4 December 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 6 December 2007. It was answered by Douglas Alexander (Labour) on Wednesday, 9 January 2008 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Iraq: Reconstruction

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 3 December 2007, Official Report, column 915W, on Iraq: reconstruction, (1) how many projects have been completed in Iraq for each of the last five years; and how many of these projects received the top score for success in meeting its objectives in the relevant project completion report;
Answer

DFID has completed 32 projects in Iraq since 2003. This includes projects which are part of our bilateral programme and assistance channelled through the multilateral agencies such as the United Nations and Red Cross. All our projects valued at £1 million and over are regularly scored and monitored. This includes project scoring mid-way through the project—an Output to Purpose Review (OPR)—and a Project Completion Report (PCR) which is produced when the project has come to an end.The following table summarises the scoring of our completed PCRs since 2003:

Number of projects completed Completely successful Largely successful Partially successful Successful only to a limited extent
2003 4 4 — — —
2004 11 4 4 3 —
2005 12 2 6 3 1
2006 2 — — 2 —
2007 3 — 1 2 —

Projects and programmes are scored according to whether they achieved their intended objectives. This will depend on a number of factors such as the level of risk and the type of assistance being given.There is no general output-to-purpose report on reconstruction in Iraq that I can place in the Library since all OPRs and PCRs are project specific.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
470 c530-1W; 172377
Session
2007-08
Related items
Iraq: Reconstruction
Monday, 3 December 2007
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Iraq Reconstruction
Link
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