§ Dr. Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will publish her Department's collation and assessment of responses to each of the Government's public consultations. [69766]
§ Clare ShortMy Department held for the first time last year a series of Development Policy Forums, with wide participation from outside groups across the UK. We are about to publish a report on the process as we promised. This will include consolidated comments and recommendations from participants and a Departmental response.
We have also consulted widely in preparing all our Country and other Strategy Papers, which set out how we aim to contribute to achieving the International Development Targets through our work with partnership countries and international institutions. All these papers have been or are being published—18 have been published to date—and include a record of the individual consultation processes. Country strategy papers have not previously been published by the predecessor department.
Additionally, we have undertaken a review of our relationship with Civil Society, involving discussion with a broad range of groups in the UK and overseas. A copy of the report of the process is about to be sent to all who contributed as well as being made available more widely.