§ Mr. Clifton-BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how ODA-funded population and family planning projects are evaluated; what criteria. are used; which organisations have been evaluated; and with what results.
§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd[holding answer 19 May 1993]ODA's evaluation department is responsible for formal impact evaluations of, mostly, bilateral aid spending. Their current work programme includes population and family planning projects. The criteria used for their evaluation are the same as for other ODA programmes, and include assessing how far the objectives of the spending have been achieved and its impact on intended beneficiaries in comparison with cost.