§ Mr. CarmichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what work his Department has commissioned from the Adam Smith Institute in the last five years; and how much each of these projects cost. [146938]
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§ Hilary BennPursuant to the response given to the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetlands on 12 January 2004,Official Report, column 518W which gave the figures for the original value of contracts awarded to Adam Smith International Ltd. The following table sets
Project title Current value (£) (original contract value plus cost of any increases or extensions) Country 1999 PR Unit Support for Parastatal Sector Reform Commission (PSRC) 430,625 Tanzania 1999 Privatisation Project Phase 3 and 4 Managing Consultant 1,718,736 Guyana 1999 Privatisation Agency Support Project Consultancy 560,752 Zimbabwe 1999 Technical Assistance for Public Enterprise Reform in Orissa 3,667,571 India 1999 Assistance to the Palestinian Negotiations Affairs Department 9,131,555 West Bank and Gaza 1999 Additional Support to the Privatisation Board 106,241 Bangladesh 1999 UK-Ireland Privatisation and Regulation Study Tour 11,145 Tanzania 1999 Medium Term Programme of Capacity Building for PURC 1,559,960 Ghana 1999 Initital Support to the Budgetary Processes of the Government of Macedonia 44,315 Macedonia 2000 Rehabilitation of Cyclone Damaged Lift Irrigation Points in Orissa 1,296,327 India 2000 Seminar on Export Credits and Developing Countries 102,594 United Kingdom 2000 Lead Adviser to Parastatal Sector Reform Commission (PSCR) 229,966 Tanzania 2000 Russia Trade Policy Project 1,199,986 Russia 2001 Conference on Disinvestment 70,000 India 2001 Support for Public Sector Undertaking Reforms & Social Safety Net in Madhya Pradesh 80,000 India 2001 PSCR: Water Privatisation and Regulation Study Tour 54,924 Tanzania 2001 Communications Film for Department of Disinvestment 89,500 India 2001 Consultants for Standards, Technical Regulatory Barriers Programme 92,870 Global (non project specific) 2002 Trade Training for DFID Staff 20,075 United Kingdom 2002 Pilot Training and Capacity Building in International Watercourse Law 151,008 Kyrgyz Republic 2002 Trade Training for DFID Staff—Bangkok 32,328 United Kingdom 2002 Support for Capacity-building in the Ministry of Finance and Central Bank 3,277,815 Afghanistan 2003 Support Services for Public Enterprise Restructuring in South Africa 6,363,435 South Africa, Republic of 2003 Support to Water Sector Regulation by PURC—Ghana 1,079,100 Ghana 2003 Andhra Pradesh Economic Restructuring Programme—Public Enterprise Reforms, Phase II 416,435 India 2003 Economic Support within 1st Military Division HQ Basra. 55,510 Iraq 2003 Economic Development within 1st Military Division HQ Basra. 119,848 Iraq 2003 Support to the Office of the Prime Minister and to the Cabinet Office. 100,400 West Bank and Gaza 2003 ITD—DFID Staff Training 288,685 Global (non project specific) 2003 Asia Trade Consultancy 44,200 United Kingdom 2003 International Lawyer within 1st Military Division HQ Basra. 131,868 Iraq 2003 Economic Support to Coalition Provisional Authority South (CPAS) 111,255 Iraq 2003 Secondment of Negotiations Support Staff to the Office of Prime Minister. 75,800 West Bank and Gaza Legal Adviser within Coalition Provisional Authority South (CPAS) 72,925 Iraq Note:
DFID contracts have been subject to untied international competition since 2001, using the EU Public Procurement Regulations.
§ Mr. CarmichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to his answer of 12 January 2004,Official Report, column 518W, on the Adam Smith Institute, how much his Department has spent on work undertaken by the Adam Smith Institute in each of the last 10 years. [148671]
§ Hilary BennInformation on payments is only available for the last six years. Payments to Adam Smith International Ltd. Were as follows:
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Adam Smith International Ltd. £ 1998 1,547,082.92 1999 3,494,546.98 2000 5,450,964.35 2001 9,612,801.56 out the current value of these contracts, made up of the original value plus any increases or extensions since. All contracts with Adam Smith International Ltd. have been awarded and managed in line with DFID's standard procurement procedures.
Adam Smith International Ltd. £ 2002 7,050,473.82 2003 7,289,363.19 The above does not include payment data for any lower value locally let contracts. This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. ChallenTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what outcomes have been monitored arising from contracted services provided to subsidiaries. [146959]
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§ Hilary BennAll DFID projects are monitored to ensure contracted services make the intended contribution to project outcomes. We have not made special arrangements for consultancy advice from Adam Smith International Ltd.