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Written question asked by Graham Stuart (Conservative) on Monday, 12 November 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 19 November 2012. It was answered by Baroness Featherstone (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 22 November 2012 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Developing Countries: Legislatures

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many and what proportion of projects (a) funded and (b) being considered by her Department support the work of (i) national legislatures and (ii) national parliaments in developing countries.

[128663]

Answer

The Department for International Development's (DFID) expenditure is classified according to input sector codes agreed at the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD DAC). There is no sub-code for legislatures, and therefore we cannot give an accurate picture of funding without investigating this manually across DFID's portfolio, which would be extremely time consuming and valid only for a short time. Details of DFID's planned, operational and complete projects are published in a database accessed through the DFID website:

http://projects.dfid.gov.uk/

DFID's support to parliaments is wide ranging. For example, it has included work in Nepal to help ensure marginalised groups are brought into the political process, plus work to improve the scrutiny role of specific parliamentary bodies, such as the public accounts committees in Uganda and Rwanda.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
128663; 553 c609W
Session
2012-13
Subjects
Developing countries Development aid Legislatures
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk