HC Deb 15 January 1996 vol 269 c363W
Miss Lestor

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what percentage of bilateral aid has been fully tied to the purchase of goods and services from the United Kingdom since 1990–91. [8872]

Mr. Hanley

I refer the hon. Lady to the reply I gave on 14 December 1995,Official Report, column 751.

Miss Lestor

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what requirements are made of NGOs to evaluate their programmes when receiving United Kingdom official aid. [8870]

Mr. Hanley

The Overseas Development Administration's joint funding scheme, JFS, is the principal channel of United Kingdom official aid for the development activities of UK NGOs.

NGOs in receipt of JFS support are required to undertake a degree of evaluation on all of their programmes. This takes the form of annual reports of progress, often supplemented by separate studies to evaluate the impact of their work.