G8 members are currently considering proposals for a leadership council for the New Alliance. We expect agreement on the council will be reached and a first meeting convened in the coming months.

CDC takes all allegations of corruption seriously and complies with all relevant legal requirements. CDC has issued detailed business integrity policies and procedures to all employees, alongside on-going training. This ensures that CDC's commitment to integrity and legal compliance is followed, including procedures dealing with anti-corruption, anti-bribery, anti-money

laundering and other important matters. CDC also has a team with dedicated personnel responsible for monitoring and addressing corruption compliance issues. CDC regularly reports to DFID on all such matters.

DFID worked with CDC to develop a new complaints mechanism. This allows those who have been negatively affected by a breach in CDC's Investment Code to complain directly to CDC. The Investment Code has a governance section which includes corruption and anti-bribery. CDC investigates these complaints and, if eligible, seek a solution that addresses the complaint as quickly as possible.

The Department for International Development (DFID) works to get the best possible outcomes for the poor. Over the comprehensive spending review period the UK has pledged to support nine million children in primary school, over half of whom will be girls, and two million in lower secondary. DFID's 2012 annual report shows that we are currently supporting 5.3 million children in primary education and 600,000 in lower secondary. We take a pragmatic, non-ideological stance on how services should be delivered. In addition to our extensive support to public sector delivery of education, we also support non-state education providers, including the low cost private sector.

In September 2011, the UK launched the Girls' Education Challenge (GEC) which will galvanise innovation in the non-state sector to support up to an additional one million of the world's poorest girls through a full cycle of schooling. The GEC is developing strategic

partnerships with the corporate sector to incentivise investment in girl's education including new ways to improve the quality of teaching and learning for girls. DFID is currently working on the design of a global, public and free internet database. This will profile non-state education programmes with a view to facilitating the scale up of non-state education innovations for poor people. DFID is also developing programmes to support quality, non-state education provision in four countries. In Pakistan DFID plans to support up to 200,000 children in low cost private schools in Sindh Province. In India an additional 13,000 children in slums will be reached with DFID support to the non-state provider “Gyan Shala”. DFID-Nigeria is developing a programme to improve the functioning of the Lagos education market, with a provisional target of reaching 380,000 children. DFID-Kenya plans to launch a new programme to research the constraints on low cost private schools and to help the private education sector meet the needs of poor people.

The Department for International Development (DFID) is a major contributor to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative and remains firmly committed to polio eradication. In January 2011 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Prime Minister pledged an additional £40 million for 2011-12, effectively doubling our contribution last year and this.

DFID is actively engaged in polio eradication efforts and meets regularly with partners to discuss issues. DFID is considering its support from 2013.

The UK's Future of Food and Farming report (2011) showed that high and volatile food prices threaten good nutrition. Pregnant women and young children are at greatest risks as their nutritional needs are higher. High prices directly impact on the poor who purchase most of their food as they have to spend more on staple foods, making less more nutritious foods unaffordable.

The specific effects of temporary food price spikes on health and well-being of young children and others is difficult to measure. The UK is working with partners in the G8 and the G20 to address food price volatility, including a global market information system supported by the G20, programmes to improve regional food markets and trade; and investments in smallholder agriculture in many parts for Africa and Asia to improve availability of food at affordable prices.

A study by the Department for International Development has shown that there are at least 300,000 children in low cost private schools for the poor in Kenya, most of which are located in or around the many urban slums in Kenya's larger towns and cities. The study also showed that low cost private schools typically charge around £30 per year for each student, considerably less than the £70 or so that it costs to educate a child in a state school according to Government of Kenya figures. Data from the Kenyan Ministry of Education further show that schools in urban centres are already more than full, and would require substantial expansion to accommodate these additional children, which would take several years

The UK Government takes a pragmatic, non-ideological stance on how services should be delivered. The Department for International Development (DFID) supports private sector education providers where we believe they will increase choice, equity, value for money, and learning outcomes. Support to non-state education providers complements the UK's extensive support to public sector delivery of education. In Nigeria, for example, we are researching the educational choices of low income parents, with a view to improving low-cost private education alongside existing UK support to reform the public education sector. We are also currently developing a low-cost private sector education programme in Kenya.

From 2011-15, the UK will support 9 million children in primary school, over half of whom will be girls, and 2 million in lower secondary school. In addition, DFID has launched a new Girls' Education Challenge, which will galvanise innovation in the non- state sector to support up to an additional 1 million of the world's poorest girls through a full cycle of schooling.

The Multilateral Aid Review (MAR) identified four key priority reform areas for UN Women: delivery of programmes at the country level; results management; transparency; and cost effectiveness. The Department for International Development will review progress against these reform priorities in 2013. This review will determine the level of funding for 2013-14 and 2014-15. In addition, we regularly monitor progress with UN Women on follow up to the MAR.

We will continue to fund UN Women up till 2015, based on their ability to perform, but beyond that no decision has been taken.

The UN Women annual report notes that in 2011, contributions to UN Women totalled $235 million, representing a 33% increase from 2011. Despite missing its 2011 funding targets this shows a real commitment to UN Women by other donors. We continue to work closely with UN Women and other donors to ensure it is as effective an organisation as it can be.

The Multilateral Aid Review (MAR) identified four key priority reform areas for UN Women: delivery of programmes at the country level; results management; transparency; and cost effectiveness. The Department for International Development will review progress against these reform priorities in 2013. This review will determine the level of funding for 2013-14 and 2014-15. In addition, we regularly monitor progress with UN Women on follow up to the MAR.

We will continue to fund UN Women up till 2015, based on their ability to perform, but beyond that no decision has been taken.

The UN Women annual report notes that in 2011, contributions to UN Women totalled $235 million, representing a 33% increase from 2011. Despite missing its 2011 funding targets this shows a real commitment to UN Women by other donors. We continue to work closely with UN Women and other donors to ensure it is as effective an organisation as it can be.

The Multilateral Aid Review (MAR) identified four key priority reform areas for UN Women: delivery of programmes at the country level; results management; transparency; and cost effectiveness. The Department for International Development will review progress against these reform priorities in 2013. This review will determine the level of funding for 2013-14 and 2014-15. In addition, we regularly monitor progress with UN Women on follow up to the MAR.

We will continue to fund UN Women up till 2015, based on their ability to perform, but beyond that no decision has been taken.

The UN Women annual report notes that in 2011, contributions to UN Women totalled $235 million, representing a 33% increase from 2011. Despite missing its 2011 funding targets this shows a real commitment to UN Women by other donors. We continue to work closely with UN Women and other donors to ensure it is as effective an organisation as it can be.

The Multilateral Aid Review (MAR) identified four key priority reform areas for UN Women: delivery of programmes at the country level; results management; transparency; and cost effectiveness. The Department for International Development will review progress against these reform priorities in 2013. This review will determine the level of funding for 2013-14 and 2014-15. In addition, we regularly monitor progress with UN Women on follow up to the MAR.

We will continue to fund UN Women up till 2015, based on their ability to perform, but beyond that no decision has been taken.

The UN Women annual report notes that in 2011, contributions to UN Women totalled $235 million, representing a 33% increase from 2011. Despite missing its 2011 funding targets this shows a real commitment to UN Women by other donors. We continue to work closely with UN Women and other donors to ensure it is as effective an organisation as it can be.

The Department for International Development's 2012 Annual Report shows that UK investments are supporting 5.3 million children in primary education and 600,000 in lower secondary in developing countries. Over the comprehensive spending review period the UK has pledged to support 9 million children in primary school, over half of whom will be girls, and 2 million in lower secondary. We have also launched a new Girls' Education Challenge, which will galvanise innovation in the non-state sector to support up to an additional 1 million of the world's poorest girls through a full cycle of schooling.

The quality of education remains very low in many countries. We are therefore prioritising quality as well as access to education in all our programmes. We have committed to measure reading fluency in the early years and we have helped to train 90,000 teachers to improve the quality of education and assist children's learning.

All of the Department for International Development's (DFID's) programmes—including private sector programmes funded through country offices—are subject to a rigorous monitoring process. DFID uses a value for money framework to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of all projects, with specific indicators determined on a case-by-case basis. All proposals for DFID funding must be accompanied by a business case. This is the main record of the proposal, summarising value for money considerations and intended results. Indicators for tracking effectiveness are included in the logical framework, which is an annex to the business case. DFID's monitoring and evaluation processes include an annual review against the indicators in the logical framework and require an assessment of whether a project remains good value for money. The project database (projects.dfid.gov.uk/) provides access to business cases, logical frameworks and annual reviews.

Further information on how we measure progress against our objectives is available on the DFID website

http://www.dfid.gov.uk/About-us/How-we-measure-progress/

We have designed three payment by results (PBR) (also known as cash on delivery) pilots and independent evaluation is built in to each of these to learn from this innovative approach. The evaluations

are tailored to the individual pilots. The key criterion to evaluate performance is whether PBR leads to additional results. In addition the evaluations will look at how PBR works, in order that we can apply lessons to future design and implementation.

Independent contractors are hired to evaluate each of our pilots: Cambridge Education for our Ethiopia pilot and the Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health for our pilot in Northern Uganda. We are in the process of contracting an independent evaluator for our Rwanda pilot.

The cost of each of the Department for International Development's payment by results (also known as cash on delivery) pilot programmes is as follows:

As we only pay for results, the final cost of each pilot will depend upon the results achieved.

The cost of each of these pilots is relatively small to allow us to test payment by results and understand how it works before we scale it up.

The UK is committed to helping deliver health care to the people of South Sudan. Our development goals in South Sudan over the next three years will give over 469,000 people access to clean water and sanitation; help 250,000 people get enough food to eat; and enable 2 million people receive life-saving health care and nutrition. In addition, the UK is a key supporter of the current humanitarian response in South Sudan, contributing £15 million to the Common Humanitarian Fund which will help to provide clean water for 130,000 people. We have also allocated £10 million to the World Food Programme to help feed 100,000 people through the hunger gap period this year.

In the health facilities supported by the UK's contribution to the Basic Services Fund, we run programmes to educate people about the importance of hygiene, 23,000 people were reached in 2010-11. This programme is also extended to children attending local schools.

DFID is currently providing funding to the following organisations to counter human trafficking and slavery. The location of each organisation's headquarters is shown in brackets.

Asia Regional Trafficking Programme:

NIMBUS Social Enterprise Consulting (Southampton, UK); Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (Bangkok, Thailand); International Labour Organization (Geneva, Switzerland); Anti-Slavery International (London, UK). The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (London, UK) has the contract for monitoring and evaluation.

Malawi Anti-Child Trafficking Project:

Salvation Army (London, UK).

Challenging Descent-Based Slavery in West Africa:

Anti-Slavery International (London, UK).

Slavery and Child Labour: Governance and Social Responsibility:

Anti-Slavery International (London, UK).

As stated in DFID's new annual report, the UK has given 2 million people access to clean drinking water, 2 million people improved access to sanitation and 7.4 million people improved hygiene since 2010. The right hon. Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn) was candid in 2007 when he admitted that the previous government had 'taken their eye off the ball' in relation to water and sanitation. The coalition will not make the same mistake. In April we announced our intention to double results by reaching 60 million people. We are seeking to match one person in the poor world without access to water and sanitation to every person living in the UK.

In April we doubled our commitment on water, sanitation and hygiene to provide 60 million people with services that prevent diarrhoeal disease. Through the GAVI Alliance we are vaccinating 50 million children against rotavirus, which is the most common cause of severe diarrhoea.

18 million people across the Sahel remain at risk of food shortages. I visited Niger and Senegal in late June to assess the humanitarian situation in the Sahel for myself. The UK Government has responded swiftly and is providing lifesaving aid to 1.6 million people across the region.