§ 8. Mr. ConnartyTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps she will take to monitor the effectiveness of her Department's increased support for education resulting from the Comprehensive Spending Review. [51327]
§ Clare ShortWe are committed in our Development White Paper to mobilising the international community to meet the agreed target that every child should be in quality primary education by 2015. We are increasing our spending on this objective. We have also reviewed our scholarship programmes to ensure that we support training that assists development. We monitor and evaluate all our programmes and are strongly committed to the comprehensive spending review emphasis on measuring success by measuring outputs, which is why we place such stress on the poverty eradication targets.
§ 21. Mr. Patrick HallTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development how she intends to spend the increased resources made available for international development assistance following the outcome of the comprehensive spending review, with particular reference to anti-poverty programmes. [51342]
§ Clare ShortOur budgetary increase of £1.6 billion provides substantial new resources for development. The additional resources will be used to fund partnerships with developing country Governments who are committed to policies which will reduce poverty and increase support to multilateral agencies committed to this objective. We plan to agree allocations in the autumn.