§ Mr. StreeterTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list the value of each project she is currently funding in Africa dealing with HIV/AIDS that would rate as principal expenditure under her PIMS marker system. [131621]
§ Mr. Foulkes[holding answer 20 July 2000]The Policy Information Market System (PIMS) provides a framework which measures the extent to which DFID's projects and programmes are being targeted on key policy areas. PIMS covers bilateral commitments with a value of £100,000 or over. Contributions to multilateral agencies are excluded because they do not analyse their expenditure in the same way.
There are 34 policy information markers which are scored according to which policy areas are targeted, either as a Principal or Significant objective. Principal objectives are those which are fundamental to the design of a programme or project, without which it would not be undertaken. Significant objectives are those which, although important, are not one of the primary reasons for undertaking the activities. Scoring against PIMS is an all-or-nothing procedure with the total commitment value or expenditure counting against each of the PIMS awarded to the project. As DFID policy areas are mutually supportive and overlapping, most new commitments contribute, to and are marked against, two or more markers.
Some 46 bilateral projects dealing with HIV/AIDS in Africa, launched since 1997, are currently being funded that would rate as principal expenditure under DFID's PIMS market system. The total commitment for these projects is £82.9 million. A list will be placed in the Library of the House.
§ Mr. StreeterTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proportion of her Department's expenditure on HIV/AIDS in Africa will be marked as(a) principal and (b) significant under her Department's PIMS marker system; and what proportion is (i) multilateral and (ii) bilateral. [131615]
§ Mr. Foulkes[holding answer 20 July 2000]The Policy Information Marker System (PIMS) provides a framework which measures the extent to which DFID's projects and programmes are being targeted on key policy areas. PIMS covers bilateral commitments with a value of £100,000 or over. Contributions to multilateral agencies are excluded because they do not analyse their expenditure in the same way.
There are 34 policy information markers which are scored according to which policy areas are targeted, either as a Principal or Significant objective. Principal objectives are those which are fundamental to the design of a programme or project, without which it would not be undertaken. Significant objectives are those which, although important, are not one of the primary reasons for undertaking the activities. Scoring against PIMS is an all-or-nothing procedure with the total commitment value 730W or expenditure counting against each of the PIMS awarded to the project. As DFID policy areas are mutually supportive and overlapping, most new commitments contribute to, and are marked against, two or more markers.
The PIMS marker system excludes multilateral expenditure, although DIFD also contribute to HIV/AIDS through multilaterals. Our bilateral expenditure on HIV/AIDS in Africa from 1992–93 to 1999–2000 recorded under the PIMS marker system was as follows:
£ million Principal Significant 1992–93 2 (50%) 2 (50%) 1993–94 2 (50%) 2 (50%) 1994–95 7 (78%) 2 (22%) 1995–96 11 (79%) 3 (21%) 1996–97 14 (74%) 5 (26%) 1997–98 15 (79%) 4 (21%) 1998–99 15 (75%) 5 (25%) 1999–2000 13 (57%) 10 (43%)
§ Mr. StreeterTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much was spent on principal AIDS programmes in Africa in financial year 1998–99 following her departmental PIMS marker system. [131617]
§ Mr. Foulkes[holding answer 20 July 2000]The Policy Information Marker System (PIMS) provides a framework which measures the extent to which DFID's projects and programmes are being targeted on key policy areas. PIMS covers bilateral commitments with a value of £100,000 or over. Contributions to multilateral agencies are excluded because they do not analyse their expenditure in the same way.
There are 34 policy information markers which are scored according to which policy areas are targeted, either as a Principal or Significant objective. Principal objectives are those which are fundamental to the design or a programme or project, without which it would not be undertaken. Significant objectives are those which, although important, are not one of the primary reasons for undertaking the activities. Scoring against PIMS is an all-or-nothing procedure with the total commitment value or expenditure counting against each of the PIMS awarded to the project. As DFID policy areas are mutually supportive and overlapping, most new commitments contribute to, and are marked against, two or more markers.
In financial year 1998–99, £15 million was spent on programmes in Africa of which the principal purpose under the PIMS marker system is to combat HIV/AIDS. A further £5.4 million was spent on programmes which are marked as having a significant contribution to combat HIV/AIDS under the PIMS marker system.