§ 56. Mr. ThurnhamTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement about current methods of assessing the effectiveness of overseas aid.
§ Mr. Chris PattenWe have developed well-tried systems both for ensuring and assessing the effectiveness of our aid. These include annual country review and objectives papers; project appraisal and monitoring; project completion reports; and the full evaluation of a sample of projects. A full account will be given in this year's public expenditure White Paper, to be published shortly.